Media has the strong ability to influence our thoughts based on the information that is presented, an example of this in “Little Brother” is when the DHS made the concert in Dolores Park seem like a riot instead of what it truly was. Instead of showing the happy viewers of the concert, or the severe methods that the DHS used to make the people disperse, the media chose to show more violent pictures and videos. An example of how the media can influence a viewer’s reaction is the terrorist attack on the twin towers.
The way that information is shown in media can be bias. Bias in media is presented many times in our lives through the government, such as election commercials. Commercials for elections are constantly bias they choose to discuss all the negative aspects of the opponent and high light it in there add. In “Little Brother” the bias in the media was the view that the DHS had on the Xnetters. The Department of Homeland Security was causing people to fear their own neighbour and made people believe that they were trying to keep the people of San Francisco safe from terrorists. The people of San Francisco were not informed that innocent people in their own city were being interrogated and tortured, and the people on the Xnet were not terrorists but people trying to achieve justice against the DHS.
The Media will always have the ability to influence people because the information that is shown is trusted to be true. In “Little Brother” the positive way that media influenced people is that Marcus became an idol to some of the Xnetters because of the article that was printed of him and his story about being taken to jail. Media and information can not only have a negative influence it can also have a very positive influence on a viewer, and the way that media was used in “Little Brother” is very similar to the ways that media is used in our everyday lives.
I really liked the way you made general media connect with the media from the book, even though the media in the book is different from ours. I also liked how you predicted the effects that media will have on us in the future, whether it be positive or negative. And your right when you say that we're going to trust the media, because we feel like its right. One thing you could improve on ..you could've picked a more specific picture directed to media relating to both the book and in reality.
ReplyDeleteThis was well written, and I couldn't find anything wrong with it other than a menial punctuation error. I love the way you connected your post to reality, it is refreshing after having this unit feel as though the only prove could be ficticious. I have to say it was very well done and a great read.
ReplyDeleteThis is a very good post Hannah. It was well written and very interesting to read. I enjoyed how you connected it to the election commercials and how biased they are, especially since election time is coming up. However, I feel as though your last paragraph is a bit condensed. I believe it should be expanded upon a bit more, as there was only a single line talking quickly about the positive effects of media on the public. Otherwise it was very good!
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