Entry #9: The new look on media

Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. Snapchat. Tumblr. Those are the words that come to my mind when I hear the word media. Those are all social media. Those are websites or apps that teenagers and adults use today to keep in contact with one another.

Okay, now what about a tv, art, music. Those are call medium, which is the singular word for media. To my understanding a medium is what transfers one message to another. An example of this is when an artist paints a painting they are showing a tragic event or feeling to their viewers. My professor also used an example with a lady who was known as the "ghost whisperer". She would transfer messages from the dead to the living. She was the medium.

Now when it comes to media I have realized how much advanced it has gotten and how manipulative it can be. Just because it's on the internet does not mean that it is true. A lot of rumors can be created on the media, and this highly impacts the more famous and well known celebrities and popular businesses. From one bad paparazzi photo to one terrible review of a restaurant a ton of other people can easily judge what they see. It is all based on what you believe and what information you know.

On the other hand, all media can be very addicting. From teenagers constantly tweeting and sending snapchats to adults blogging of their everyday lives to watching the daily news. I mean, what happened to reading a book? Buying a magazine or a newspaper?

Relating back to how the media controls what they put online, the news media has a huge advantage of this as well. When you hear a group of white people trying to start a riot the news state it as "protesting". If the racial group had changed to a group of african americans then the news would view it as "rioting". The news media can be very biased and racist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGJMgCn0fQs