After reading several of my classmates blogs I have come to the conclusion that the media choices I make help to better inform me about the important social events in society but are not very informative when it comes to economic, cultural and political media. The social aspect of society seems to have taken the front seat when it comes to the importance of daily media leaving culture, politics and economics to take a back seat; this means that they are not mentioned in the media nearly as much as they should be.
I found it interesting when Amy Lowe stated “ we are at the mercy of the media in terms of the perspective we receive on events and groups of individuals, despite how adverse we are in our browsing”(1) this demonstrates how open we are to receiving information about culture, politics and the economy, yet we still only receive the social aspect of these portions of media. I very much agree with Amy when she talks about us being at the mercy of media, further backing up the point that we want the media we receive because we are unaware of what else is out there.
Next I was rather interested in something Haley Borque said in her post, she stated “Together as a society, the media influences us as we become more knowledgeable and entertained through its information”(2) I agree tremendously with this statement. This helps to describe how hard it is to find media that pertains to culture, politics and the economy but is also portrayed in a way that is interesting for younger viewers or listeners such as myself. The shows and media that we tune into on a daily basis do not focus around these areas of society and therefore we are not exposed to it. Our personal media choices don’t inform us about these particular areas of society.
Finally I was thinking of why people would not want to see the cultural, political or economic part of society on the media. I came to the conclusion that it may not be that fact that they don’t want to see it but the fact that they are uninterested in this type of media and therefore do not search out a place to find it. A quote from Jenna Stancel only helps to steady my point when she states “Teenagers can be considered a popular audience because they fill their lives with different forms of social media. They are constantly in communication with their friends, family, and colleges through social media sites such as Facebook and twitter.” (3) When teens my age are browsing social media sites such as these we are bombarded with the social aspect of media not the cultural, political or economic side and therefore we do not go searching for it. We want the media we get and therefore whatever media is placed right in front of us on daily sites and apps that we use is the media we will view and respond to. We are comfortable with this media and most teens don’t go searching outside of their comfort zones for new ways to socially entertain themselves.
We are comfortable with wanting the media we receive, although it seems we could use a little adventure.
(2) http://hb123na.wordpress.com/2013/10/24/society-wanting-the-media-we-get/
(3) http://jennastancel.blogspot.ca/2013/10/cpcf-1f25-blog-entry-2-media-we-want.html
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