Media’s Affect on My Life by R.Johnson

What is media? According to pcmag.com a definition for media is any material that holds data in any form or allows data to pass through them, including paper, transparencies, multipart forms, hard, floppy and optical disks, ect. This also includes internet television and radio which are all common things that pass through our hands or ears daily. Fortunately or unfortunately for a teen living in 2007 thanks to internet, radio, television, magazines and newspapers I am exposed to things that previous generations couldn’t imagine. On that note please take a while I give you a glimpse on media’s affect on myself and others just like me.
Recently all eyes have been on a specific form of media the radio. Many feel that some of the music played on the radio has a negative affect on young people. The feel it contributes to the alarming amount of youth that find themselves in trouble with the due to the bad inspiration of the musical artist. Though I disagree with them you must agree that without media there would be no way for me to find out about these artists.
Media is a way of life and if it isn’t it surly affects my life more then anything else. It influences the way that I dress, the things I aspire to be, the way I act talk and even walk. So if I was asked does media as having a positive or negative affect on me. I would have to say both. But if I was asked to choose I would say media has more of a negative affect on me then positive.
Due to media and what we see through it via television, radio, internet and ect it cripples originality and who we are to be something that is acceptable to others. Though you might have picked your outfit this morning why did you pick what you picked? 9 times out of 10 it was because you like the style of it and you feel it would be acceptable to society. Though media is very affective in terms of updating local and world news quickly it still has an overall negative affect on us because we are becoming more and more dependant on it instead of experiencing and doing things for ourselves.
Most will agree that the listen to either the news radio or find out about the weather via internet or newspaper. Just to give an idea of how powerful the media’s affect on us is let’s say the information you received about the weather was wrong. Lets say that you heard that it would be 90 degrees outside and it really I will be 63. If you heard it would be 90 degrees you would most likely dress for 90 degree weather. Once you left your house I’m sure you feel the difference. Though this is extreme it just gives you an idea of Media’s true affect on our lives and how dependant we are on it.
In conclusion the radio, newspapers, magazines, internet and television are all great ways to retrieve information. But overall the media has a negative affect on our lives without us even truly seeing it. Through music, and television more and more people are according to many are “being corrupted” by the negative affects of both of the fields. People are becoming more and more dependant on the internet and many people aren’t original because the want to be accepted by others. We should find away for media not to create us and we should create it like originally planned.