Entry #9(The Media)

             Hello world. Today I want to discuss with you a term that had already introduced itself to us whether we were aware of it or not. It always finds a way to encounter with us. Something that we can not avoid. Ladies and Gentlemen I present you the media. 

             Since the day I came to the U.S.,  I've always viewed the media as something negative. Whenever I used to hear the word media, the first thing that came to my mind was the "evil" news people. I've always thought that they are the reason for the negative stereotypes. For example, I thought they were the reason why middle easterns are called terrorists. 

Of course I still believe  they play a role in that but I realized there was a lot more into it. I did not know that the media had more than one face.There is that one face that the media always shows up with and it has a lot of power on the way I view myself and others. Yes, it is Social media, one of the faces that the media shows up with every single day. It is probably the right hand of the media. Social media puts a lot of pressure on us. As an example of that, is when we look at a magazine paper and we see a picture of a handsome guy or an attractive woman,

 we might think "hmm.., maybe this is how I should look" or "hmm.... this is how my love should look", now the magazine can be one of the media's faces but it will not process through unless the help of the social media. Some people, it might be you or me or anyone might start to think that part of beauty is to be like the person on the magazine, which then creates a big network of people who believe in that idea. Where is that going to lead to ? Of course some people are going to feel peer pressured, because they start believing the idea as well.   

                   The same thing when we come to the idea of terrorism. The news want to show something that gives them benefits and exciting at the same time, something with action. Since the idea of terrorism was always linked to the middle east, so all they need to focus on is something that has to do with people getting killed and link it to the middle east. However the one that completes the idea is the social media. One negative opinion of person can change others opinions; it could be through school, social websites, people that we encounter in the streets, or our families.  All that peer pressure can change our thoughts and opinions. 

               

                Focus on that dot on the above picture. You start realizing that the dark shade is vanishing and the only thing that is left is the dot. That is how the media take our attention. If we did not put all the focus on that dot, the dark shade would have not vanished. Be careful, do not let that dot take your attention and let the rest vanish.