Journal 29: Shaping the Message

     There are numerous media that surround us and fill our lives with information and entertainment. Each medium represents reality a bit differently. We are not looking at the real thing, but rather a produced and “packaged” version of reality. For example, there must be viewers see what happen to a car accident. The viewers can be the people who get involved the accident or the people who just see the event as observers. Each person has his/her own opinion, so everyone might have different interpret of the whole accident. “The truth is disappeared while the event is happened.” Therefore, it is hard to find the correct answer to who is right or wrong for this car accident. To me, I think that the news we get from media source might not be hundred percent exactly the same as the reality because the truth has already twisted. Sometimes, media exaggerates the truth in order to show how serious the news is. However, sometimes it is twisted by someone’s opinion. Therefore, I won’t really trust or believe when I hear or see news that makes me feel shocked or amazed because I know that it might not be the same as the original one.