THE REAL PROBLEM IS THE USE OF THE MEDIA By Ana Maria Ramirez

The media has become into something very important to define who we are or what we believe these days. We are constantly surrounded by all kind of information that may affect our thoughts. It is impossible to avoid the information the media generate every day because it is given to us rather we wanted or not thanks to the different devices like smart phones, laptops, tablets, etc.

 

Today people have more access to information than some decades ago and this is a good thing because we can be aware of many things that happen around the world and knowing that we can prevent or learn really quick. I think the media has given to us the chance to have an opened mind and to understand the magnitude of the globe.

 

Privacy it is something that we have lost with the media and I really do not know what position to take about that because in a way it is good to know things that as citizen we must know like what our governors or influential people are doing  and that kind of stuff but at the same time the media show us private personal things that we shouldn’t know and this is not that good sometimes….I think there is a very little and invisible line between know what we must and know everything even more when those things are not object of our concern, but it is the morbid feeling  we put in the information that can cause harm or misunderstood. Also the amount of sources and the lifestyle people have these days it is a very risky “marriage” because sometimes as peoples is becoming more lonely and reserved the media can fill the gaps we have and in many cases be able to transform or convince us to think something they wanted…It is because we do not talk between each other anymore (just throw social media) that we have given the media the permission to fill our heads and believes, we believe what we see or read in the media but we do not take the time to make a little research to verify if the information it is true or not.

 

Finally I think the media itself it is not a bad thing it, is the intention behind the information that may be dangerous or can cause the wrong perception on people or even worst it is our laziness that have given the media the position they have today in our culture. We have to remember to use our brain and start to do more research and doubt about what we read and see in that way we can build a better judgment.