Hello CPCF 1F25
From the
Blog posts that I have read, it seems that a majority of the class has a
similar opinion to mine. Everyone’s opinion seems to consist of how mass media
only lets us see things through a small, filtered and edited mass media window.
The question is not about how significant the impact of mass media is on our
worldview; because realistically, mass media COMPLETELY controls our world view. My impression on mass media has not changed since I have
been reading other blogs. Everyone seems to believe that sometimes we may not
get the full story to something because some crucial information is being
filtered out by mass media. The mass media publishes things that we take at
face value. Not because we are close-minded, but because mass media prevents us
from seeing the full story.
Connor (http://oconnormedia.wordpress.com/),
from CPCF 1F25 had a very useful quote in his blog post:
“Let’s use Twitter as another example. A man apparently
commits a crime, and just for fun, let’s say his name is Zimmerman. What
happens? Well, one person of significant “status” tweets out an opinion calling
for Zimmerman’s guilt. Then it gets retweeted by 15,000 people. Since,
according to Digital Market Ramblings, the average Twitter user has 208
followers, that perspective has now reached tens of thousands of people. And
that happened all because an influential figure used a media platform to post a
perspective. As a result, the views of people who all follow one person online
have become quite similar. Anything unique or creative that could have existed
is now gone.”
This quote is a
picture-perfect example of how we see events and items through the filtered
window of mass-media. We only take things at face value. Connor made a good
point here, he basically told us that 15000 people got a very vague description
about a criminal. What these people did with this description was deem it their
overall opinion of the situation. There is clearly more to the crime scene than
a well-respected man’s opinion of the criminal. This proves that we sometimes
only hear certain information about types of media; because sometimes all the
media is looking to publish is half a story.
Meagan (http://mm13sa.wordpress.com/)
also made some good points about mass media’s influence:
“Imagine a world where computers,
cellphones, televisions, movies and music did not exist; a world where this
idea of ‘media’ was not even thought of.” “How many times have we heard someone say, ‘I could never live without my phone!’”
These two quotes
are small but so powerful. We never really think about what it would be like
with no technology. This is because we are so used to relying on technology for
our every need. I tried to imagine a world with no technology and all I could
personally think of was how different it would be. Technology obviously ties in
with mass media. If we are so heavily reliant on our technology then relying on
mass media is completely an obligation. If only they wouldn’t filter stories to
their liking.
Thanks for your time
Jake
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