How the Media Impacts Us

Jordan Smith

Com 231

2-3-12

The media has a very large impact effect on today’s society. On a daily basis one may subconsciously vicariously live through a character on a television show. Personally, my all-time favorite television character “Will, from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” mirrors a lot of the things I tend to do, and how he would probably spend his time if he were a real person. For instance, Will often went out with friends, and got in some mishaps along the way. So anytime I get into a fix while I’m having a good time with my friends after the fact, I reflect on it and it would seem like something that would happen on the television show.

I feel like the media has impacts on the daily lives of most Americans -even if they are oblivious to it. Think about how much celebrity news and gossip is put in the heads of everyday Americans. Hollywood has spread into the daily routines of Americans such as reading a newspaper, or watching the evening news. When a consuming product such as television or music is thrust into your daily life for so long, it is I impossible to ignore it. I feel like the media has a great affect on our lives, but people either do not in denial of it, or are oblivious to it. Which in itself is ANOTHER reason that the media impacts our lives. Think about it. Who tells you that it’s a BAD thing that the media influences you? Maybe this is why so many are oppose to admitting that this is a bad thing. Who is it that tells you that you HAVE TO dress or act a certain way? Maybe this is how people are okay with being media-influenced. Or maybe one may be so consumed that they are not capable of realizing that the media influences them. The media impacts all of us, one-way or another -whether we admit it or not.