After reading through some of my
classmates’ blog posts, I have realised that many of them also acknowledge that
mass media or media in general represents a huge part of our world view and how
we perceive the world around us and I also gained some insightful knowledge on
how the media affected people in ways I didn’t even realise as well as some odd
and interesting examples. Out of the blogs I read, I chose three that I found
quite interesting and they belonged to:
In the
first post, keenbeau states how he feels media completely controls how we view
the world and I completely agree with him on that statement but he further goes
on to add that the media does this by withholding information and making us
ignorant and after reading through I realised that the point he was trying to
make was that firstly not all media was untrustworthy but also for us to
“question everything we hear and form our own unbiased opinion.” I completely
agreed with that statement and it made it clearer to me that at the end of the
day, the media can only present an opinion to us but its still up to us to
accept it.
Now the
second post wasn’t completely in agreement with mine but I chose this one
because in my post, I generally focused on the negative aspects of media
without considering that it also has positive aspects on myself although I feel
most of its effect on my worldview is negative and I can only see it in from
their perspective, I cant deny that media has impacted me positively also. She
mentions how media makes it easy for us to learn about trending topics through
social networks and how there are also other good ways media is used like music
( which I absolutely love) and movies and also art. The point is media is a
very powerful tool and depending on how it’s used, I can either be good or bad.
The
third blog really interested me because it felt different to the rest in the
sense that it was unique from all the blogs I read. In aroobasyed6’s blog she
mentions how information, although true, can be problematic depending on how it
is presented or how it is perceived and she also states mass media to be a
WORLD POWER which was at first confusing but as I continued to read it became
clearer to me in her blog especially when she used her view on Africa as an
example and how the media affected her view on the continent until she was able
to get into university and check out the information herself and realise that
their was more to Africa than what was described in the media.
After
discussing about these three I have come to understand that media will always
play a major part on my world view and how I understand my surroundings but it
is up to me to decide how I should accept the medias influence and how much of
it I should believe. Whether to accept their opinion or decide my own.
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