Wanted: The Media That We Need

   In regards to media we need, I feel like we have successfully developed ways to gain information on what is going on around the world. I say this simply because there are so many different sources of getting valuable information almost instantaneous. Now I am not saying that some of the news out there isn’t complete garbage, filled with rich snobs in their every day lives, but that seems to be news to some people. I personally feel that the people who really care about what is going on in this world will look to the appropriate sources and those who have no care for world issues can follow whatever else they may be in to.

   Coming off of what a fellow peer, Alexandra Deyman (http://alexandradeyman.wordpress.com/) stated, “ In the News today, every event or issue we see is a big story and it interests us. It looks good, and that is all that matters to the News Company and to the audience”. This is very true about news today, however I don’t necessarily feel that it is a bad thing. News is just another story, but these teams of newscasters know their exact demographic, and to reach out and make the news these people are interested in become exciting and compelling really takes the information we are receiving enjoyable as well as informative.

They way I see the way we are given media is greatly explained by Jess Dowall (http://jessdowdall19.wordpress.com/), who claims; “If we were to be bombarded with meaningless media that no one could care less about, does that mean we would suddenly begin to “want” or “crave” this media that we have no interest in ? Certainly not.”  I like this quote simply because with such certainty she places across the truth in which you can’t force people to listen one specific thing. Everyone is unique and to assume everyone finds ONE particular store fascinating is ridiculous.

“Some media shown to us can be full of prejudice, stereotypes, falsities, sexism, and discrimination” The words of Lindsie Potthast (http://lp10gl.wordpress.com/), which stress the only issue with the way media is portrayed today. We have an option of which media to watch, however it seems as if the way it’s being given to the public in many sources such as twitter, youtube, and facebook can have very biased opinions as well as very closed minded stories. Unfortunately people see these forms of media and like the way people are portrayed or what they stand for, and end up conforming to something that wasn’t really quite them.