Who Are We Today? Does The Media Really Have A Say?

  Lately it has begun to seem like the media is completely taking control of people’s life. It’s almost as if people think that the things they see on TV or on social media is how real life is supposed to be. For example, I have three little brothers, while watching them grow up I observed that they would watch a movie and immediately after the movie was over they would literally reenact the whole thing word from word and move from move. Another thing that you see today are things on social media such as “Relationship Goals”. There are many teenagers who are basing their relationships and friendships off of what they see on Twitter or Instagram. Social media might be a huge component when it comes to relationship or friendship failures seeing that nobody keeps their business private anymore, everything is aired out for the whole world to see. Media is all around us, TV, newspapers, magazines, the internet, and something that I feel is very influential which music is. Music such as Rap effects the society by influencing the younger generation subconsciously. Teens tend to listen to some of the music that these rappers put out and sometimes begin to take their lyrics literally. There has actually been a lot of deaths due to some of the lyrics these rappers are using. Most of the time teens are rapping the lyrics to these songs and don’t actually know the meaning to them or what they are really saying which can cause an unnecessary issue. Social media has a way of brainwashing people. It can have a negative or positive effect in society but at the same time it plays a big role. All it takes is for one person to start a movement or for somebody to broadcast how “cool” something is and everyone follows right along. The media is not always truthful, some of the things we see in media can be a bold face life, but unfortunately we might never know the actual truth. In some cases things shared through media can have a negative or positive effect on someone personally. Cyber bullying is something that has begun to increase and get way out of control. Unfortunately there are people who have actually killed themselves because of negative comments towards them over the internet. Little kids are very vulnerable when it comes to media. Like I stated before my little brothers used to completely transform into movie stars whenever they would watch a movie. But in some other cases, little kids especially if they are at the age where they don’t know right from wrong, are actually learning and soaking in the information that we see on TV or on the computer whether it’s good or bad. Whether its music or television, media is one of the most influential things when it comes to socialization. Is media becoming who we are? I think this is a very good question and the answer could very well be yes.

http://www.osteopathic.org/osteopathic-health/about-your-health/health-conditions-library/general-health/Pages/cyber-bullying.aspx

http://www.seochat.com/c/a/social/social-media-and-society-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/