Wanted: the media that we need

     In my opinion the media we want is the same as the media we get. I think this was best explained in my classmate Korinna Charette’s blog where she stated that “we want the media we get, but the media makes us think that we get the media we want.” To further explain there is no clear way to know for sure that we are not being influenced by the media to want what they give us or if they are simply giving us what they know we want. As I stated in my last blog this compares to the chicken and the egg scenario, we will never really know which one came first. What is the big difference between these two things anyway? Either way we get what we want (which I think everyone always loves to do!). Whether we know we influenced the media or if they influenced us does not really matter very much to us because we feel that we have been satisfied by the media either way.

     As for whether our media choices better inform us about social, political, cultural and economic matters I think the answer to this is also hard to explain since the media does without a doubt inform us about these topics but is it really for the better? I agree with Allen Edgington when he said “what [he] wants from media is precise reporting which is unbiased and without conjecture” which I believe is what we all want but seems to be in scarce supply through the media in today’s society. The majority of news stories and reports have some type of bias buried in there somewhere, some are just much more subtle then others. So to be honest the media does “inform” us about these topics but not necessarily in the honest and unbiased way that we desire.

     It is fairly easy to find information in general social, political and cultural topics through the media since as Jessie Dowdall stated “now a days we can access these sites through our smartphones anywhere and at any time” but to find in-depth unbiased and informative information on these topics is much harder and may not be done as quickly and easily as reading the news on your Iphone while you’re waiting for the bus. To find real informative information through the media that is not bias might require some real research on the topic and time spent forming your own thoughts and opinions on the matter. So as easy as it is to find general information on these topics finding the REAL information is a lot harder and maybe this is why so few of us actually take the time to do it.

http://edgington1812.wordpress.com/- Allan Edgington

http://jessdowdall19.wordpress.com/- Jessie Dowdall

http://lookingformargo.wordpress.com/- Korinna Charette