The media informs us of many important social, cultural and political matters. In order to have these important events brought to our attention, society needs to ignore the media that is just thrust upon us for unnecessary purposes. When asking whether it is easy or difficult to find the important media, Christine Merrill answers that question with her personal view on the matter. She states, “The media we want is the media we receive…” We can relate this to it being easy to find the important and necessary media. If society wants to be informed about the important social events then they have to be able to ignore the media they do not want to be subjected to.
Another example to prove how easy it is for society to get the media we want is from Kendra Smith’s blog. At the end of her entry she claims, “We control the media because we have the choice to control what stays and goes.” This implies that the media has little to no control over us as a society and that if we don’t buy into the unnecessary and sometimes false media, then they would have no choice but to stop subjecting us to it as a society.
A blog that seems to conflict with the above two is written by Eric Gervais. He says, “We want the media that is given to us because it can make us feel as though we are fitting in and are approved by those we look up to.” In my opinion this means that no matter what media is presented whether it is the media we need or not, we are manipulated into thinking it is what we want. Good or bad. I agree with all three blogs in most ways, however my final verdict is that we can very easily ignore the bad media and only if we desire the good, can we actually achieve the information that we need. The media is full of good and bad, surrounding us at all times and being such big parts of our lives, there has to be good aspects to it or we would not allow it to consume us like it does. Which means we can in the end get the media that we want and need in our lives.
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