Thursday 27 September 2012

The weapon of mass distraction

Media changes our perception towards the real world through the cultivation theory- how we develop something through heavy television viewing.



Television is one of the most powerful media in the world because they can attract all levels of society in the world. Heavy television viewers are more likely to live in their fantasy lives compared to their real lives. Everything that they saw in television will be developed into their real lives. As an evidence there is a story about a kid wearing a spider man outfit who died because he jumped down from a building. What do you guys think about it? Why did the kid jumped down from a building?! Yes, it is because of television effect. Television has become a new 'religion' to its heavy viewers. Once a while, people are holy with their religion and believe it is their priority but nowadays, television has made a big impact to its audience and they get addicted to television so much that it becomes their 'second religion'.



Television addiction is not a good thing and  it will affect our lifestyle and behaviour. But, what is shown on television is related to our real life, this is called resonance.




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