Media Literacy at a Glance*

Yesterday in class we viewed two clips on Media Literacy, after seeing these videos I realized that media is a big influence in our world today. One thing I learned that media is very powerful but not always in good ways, sometimes media is very dangerous. Media today is very influentual and everyone believes everything that is being said whether on tv, on websites, in magazines and newspapers. Some things printed or commercialized in media turn out to false and give people bad rep. The second thing I learned was that the goal of most cooperations, including those who own media, is to make media above anything else. Cooperations use media to get their product advertised so more people will be interested in purchasing it and make it look more popular if it's advertised well and often. Company's make want their products to sell so they try to get it out there with the use of media. Also I learned that there are a lot of "Junk Values" which are products that we don't need but they are shown in the media that we need them and that they make us feel good and our life won't be the same if we purchase one. Company's make crap products but they are shown in the media as great products that will make your life 10x better. The final thing I learned was no media is objective there is always one group or someone who gets left out, this shows true because there are advertisements in newspapers and on television that are only directed to a specific group of people.