In the media there are a mass of messages to be interpreted. It almost seems as if there is an overload of messages to people to often view the media. Because of this it is important for society to become more responsible with viewing the media. We learn that the media often contains messages that promote inequality with race, gender, and many other subjects. With these messages we have to be able to judge the truth and know what is reality and not be influenced by negative messages perceived by the media. It is known that many people fall into the traps of the media. For example girls see top models on television and want to look like them. As a result they fall under the perception that they have to extreme diet in order to be similar to watch the media says a women should be. Knowing the truth and being able to judge what is being viewed or hear will help society become more responsible towards the media.
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Dom,
ReplyDeleteI think you hit on an interesting point in regards to media communication. One of the issues with communicating online is the interpretation of messages, which can take on many forms. Take reading a text message for example. So called text jargon is hard to interpret through just letters and words if you're unfamiliar with the jargon itself. Therefore, the meaning can be easily misinterpreted. Emotions play a key role in media communication. There is no way to physically describe emotion over letters and words. We try, but these can easily be misinterpreted as well. You bring up valid points and sparked an interesting discussion.