Our lives are surrounded by facets of media that function as a "reality," but what is being created and how are we victims of our own entrapment?
Currently, I'm taking a sociology course titled "Crime and the Media," which takes a deeper look on the bi-directional relationship of the two. This class is an more scientific approach to how we construct our worlds and how media constructs our world-views. Think about it, do you read the news? What are your news sources? Do you watch TV? What do you watch? Do you play video games? What games do you play? What apps do you own? How do you use your e-mail?
Technology has become an intergral part of life functioning in the Western world, yet it continues to challenge our depth of thought. Some of us passively watch the news without thinking critically about our sources and how the media targets us. Media no longer is concerned with heterogeneity in its presentation and articles because the marginalized outcome or sources has led media to focus on a specific population and to target their interests. Think about all the different ways to stay informed. How does that differ across people? Does it differ along demographic lines? Does it shape relationships?
I've thought about this distribution of information quite a bit because it leads to a divison among people, but a unity among groups. So how does a paradox such as this effect something as large as globalization? Could it possibly disunite international realtions because of homogeneity of groups and their resources?
College is about thought. If action follows great. If not: "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle
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