Media experiences can definitely reinforce
your existing worldviews as well as challenge your views in many ways. For me,
I believe that we are always influenced by media in this society. We’ve built
up our society around media and it seems as if we find all of our information from
media whether it be current events, political information, or even personal
beliefs. The way that media can reinforce your beliefs and values is when they
agree with your prior beliefs and values. For example, say Fox news says that
it’s okay to abort babies and that was your prior position on the issues as
well. Then, when you go to reevaluate your position on the issues, you will
have Fox as one of your sources for where you received your information. Media
can definitely expand your views because it can give insight on information
that you didn’t know about. One of the best ways to learn about new things and
expand your views is watching the news. The news gives many different
perspectives as well as provides a lot of different information.
Hello there,
ReplyDeleteThe media is definitely influential. It shapes my views of the world. If there are articles or people talking badly of one place outside the U.S., I might believe them because I might know nothing about that place. For all I know, they are horrible people. Then it would be my job to look up the facts for myself but most of the time, I don't because I don't think it is that important. The fact that someone might disagree with whatever I might agree with will question my beliefs. I want to defend my position and I have to look up facts to do that. In the process of doing that, I could find out what I should actually believe in.
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