In our last Reading Media Text class we got the oppurtunity to watch the movie "Wag the Dog" which is basically based on the cynical sight of media and veracity.
It's not always necessary that which is shown in the mass media for the mass peopole is always the truth or always the reality.Atleast this movie got us thinking on the question of the authenticity of various broadcasts or of various issues.
Sometimes its some one else who is powerful enough to direct the media according to their self interests.In that case,the motivation for the mass people is a bit critical and predetermined to some extent.Some times the truth stays beyond our knowledge.The so called reality we get to know is just an eyewash.So, sadly it is set that,it is the media which constructs the reality not the the reality doing the vice versa all the time.
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Yes, it's often true that what passes for journalism is all eye wash - but then do the people really ask for more? Don't they WANT the easy story? The scandal? The violence? Don't most people want to hear just what they already think?
ReplyDeleteHow much are we in fact willing participants in our own deception?