Media

Jenna Croley

English 101

Media Research Paper (RD)

Dr. Shafer

Another Form of Media

I sat in English class listening to the bickering voices of the students. It was like

they were all trying to shovel their points down each others throats. Religion, people

getting riled up in seconds over its controversial truths; and you guys were worried

about the media? What for? You have people right here spitting forth their beliefs, all

trying to correct and reform people to "believe" what they're saying is truth and anything

but that is unacceptable. I don't mean to be abrasive, I only mean to bring forth what I

believe.

My mother just recently hooked our cable back up; I've spent almost two years

without it. I can see the change in the way I view it now, to the way I viewed it back

then. I'll admit to the fact that I was one of those couch potatoes who sat in front of the

"tube" for countless hours fixated by it. But now I don't watch it as much as I used too.

Media now, is just a form of entertainment for myself, my down time to get away.

A moment into imagination, fantasy, and adventure; being sucked into other worlds,

other planets, and in different times. I enjoy the fake monologues of love, the

specialized computer fighting sequences and the booming explosions and sci-fi kickers.

As I've gotten older, my job, education, and family matter more to me than

conforming to the cliche of being constantly influenced by the media. "I go to the movies

because I want to be entertained. When I was a kid or young adult, I was going to the

movies because I wanted to be taken away from my normal everyday existence for an

hour and a half or two hours. I assume that people still do that because they want to

experience something that's away from their normal existence." (Jackson)

"Media plays many different - and maybe incompatible- roles. For the audiences,

it is a source of entertainment and information while for media workers, media is an

industry that offer jobs- and therefore income, prestige and professional identity-. For

the owners, the media is a source of profit and a source of political power. For society

at larger, the media can be a way to transmit information and values (socialization)."

(Mills).

These ways of thinking are constantly influenced by the media. Not just in video

games we play, what we listen to on the radio, or what we watch on TV screens; but

also in the government, celebrities, books, your next door neighbors, even in your own

family. All subconsciously bartering