Saturday, September 25, 2010
TOD
Where is there to start with this topic? First, there is a certain sense of solidarity in media. I can be watching the same show as you, reading the same blog, finding out the same news at the SAME time as you. The result of this can be a wonderful conversation about the newest episode of _ , or the complex interior workings of the newest _ . It can give us something in common, at least momentarily. Thats another one of the biggest issues surrounding media, everything is ever changing and rarely new and exciting for more than 5 minutes. It becomes old news the next day and has been replaced with 100 images, sounds, stories, etc. that are all attempting to surpass the original. Original? Where is there room for anything original when information on a single topic is constantly being disputed and proven wrong? Lets say I start following celebrity gossip tomorrow. I can go to the store to pick up a copy of OK! and find that in 6 other magazine there is a different story surrounding the SAME topic. What are people supposed to believe? It happens everywhere, we listen to the fictional writing of what one considers to be chock-full of facts. So where can we find a happy medium? Maybe anywhere that media doesn't infiltrate, so where is that? Nowhere. So what do we do? Become advocates.
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