Today in one of my media classes, I learned that though the media doesn’t control how I think, it can control what I think about. For instance, the hot story this week was about pictures of 15 year-old pop star Miley Cyrus, posing backless for a Vanity Fair photo shoot. I couldn’t turn on a T.V., listen to a radio station or open a web browser without being asked if I thought the pictures “were too racy?” And while I didn’t want to give it any more thought, I realized that I had to. I had to be aware of what the media was doing, why it was pushing this story at me and why I subconsciously accepted it as news and then moved along. It is because I look to the media to tell me what’s important. And if this was the story I needed to know, I’d be damned if I didn’t gather me some water-cooler worthy facts.
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Hey Minh - Its Samantha!! If you don't know which Samantha, since you are so popular, this is Sam I from Humanities. I was looking at McCune's 100w site and saw your blog. So I'm saying hi!
And to think...the news that the president knew about and approved the torture of detainees barely got a mention...go figure.
Another reason why I don't bemoan the predicted demise of the mainstream media.
Good job. 10/10
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