Entry # 5

I can't help but notice lately how much of our lives are affected by media. I stand in a salon all day and I'm here to tell ya, media rules a majority of the the conversations that take place there.The older clients will come in talking about what they read in the paper, or saw on the news.The younger generations, pretty much everything from about 55 on down to five seems to be tapping into phones or ipads and the like for their moment by moment fix on everything from facebook, to Youtube, twitter, the list goes on. Information moves very fast, and that can be a great thing, and a bad thing. People, at least the majority I feel tend to believe what they read and what they see without question .I cant think of a better way to confuse, control, and scare the masses like a little media influence.Lately I am far more skeptical of anything I see, read, or hear from any media source. I seem to be looking for the hidden message, the motivation behind the delivery. I really don't take much of anything at face value anymore.Who new a few films in English 102 would be so informative .Films on media influence and the very real social consequences of the messages it sends to all of us .Films like " Killing us Softly 4" that discussed how woman and girls are portrayed in the media, and "Wise Guise" that covered men and boys social images in the media. Last but not least the Micheal Moore films "Bowling for Columbine" and " Capitalism; a love story. All I can say is I look at things differently now, and I'm good with that.