“Whoever controls the media, controls the mind.”
– Jim Morrison
This is so true and just scary to think about. The media does control our minds, especially the youth. Young people are growing up in a world where there is a database telling them what to think, how to act, what is cool, what is not, who to love, who to hate, what to be, what to look like, etc.
Things like this can be so dangerous. All these kids are now growing up with body issues and self-confidence issues, they have to see what they’re not and what they don’t have everyday. They have to grow up in a world where there is constant comparison.
Databases control our thinking in a more literal way as well. The internet, with all these search engines, is tailored to each and every person individually; it collects data on them and only presents them with what it thinks they’ll like. It controls our information, it controls the way we receive our information, and it controls how we distribute our information.
Not saying that all media is bad, if you use it the right way it can be good. Nevertheless, we have to acknowledge the ever present negative effects that it has on our youth, and society as a whole.
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