I am here to discuss whether the Media influences or reflects us. I feel as if the Media both influences us and reflect us I feel this because the reason why we have the Media is because it informs us about our country and our world we listen and watch the Media because it keeps us in the know. The Media also influences the way we look at things in the world. It also tells us the way we should dress so people end up wearing clothes that they feel uncomfortable in just because it is the fashion in the Media and the way we should have our hair. The Media also chooses what we see on TV and what we read in the news papers. People who work in the Media work very hard to do their job just so they can makes our lives upbeat and more interesting by making articles more dramatic and interesting to read or watch.
Companies spend millions of pounds a year so that they can advertise their product in the Media so the world see it and buys the product and that way the companies get their money back that they spent on advertising. The Media also gives a bad influence on us and how we act sometimes. This gives the wrong idea to children and teenagers by watching and playing games that are not suitable for their age. Something like this happened in 1993 When two boys aged 10 abducted, tortured and murdered 2 year old Jamie Bulger this happened after the two 10 year old boys had finished watching a film called ‘ Child’s Play 2’ which is currently rated a 15. I feel that this is extremely unacceptable because children that age should not be watching films like that when they are highly rated.
I feel that the Media does reflect us in a way because some of the time stories in the Media change our opinions and the way we see things in our own country I feel that it also tries to change our views on things and tries telling us that we should think the same as they do because of the way they word things in articles as if they are trying to get in to your head. Over all the Media plays a massive part in our lives because everywhere we go in everyday life we see or hear media and every day we use different types of media even when we don’t realise we are using it. Everyone enjoys the Media because it is a way of discovering new things, learn new things, discover new fashion items, listen to new music and watch new films. Without the media I feel that our lives would be boring and everyone would be the same and like all the same thing s but because we have the Media everyone likes different things e.g. Bands, politic parties and many more having the media is also important because everyone has different views to others and that is why having the Media is such a good thing to have.
