Media is a constant flow of information, like a river it never stops or sleeps. Since we have begun this final essay, I have noticed subtle changes with the media. I have become more curious about what is going on in our daily lives. I have always been skeptical about misinformation through other avenues. These days I have been questioning the information we get from the news. I know you cannot trust what you see on the internet, especially social media. I have noticed that this newer generation gets a lot of their information from platforms like tik tok or X(Twitter). However, I am still old school and get most of my information from the news.
These days I have noticed that the news has sensationalized every story, a single news report is about someone being killed or someone getting injured. I understand that bad things happen everyday. The media seems to have shifted its focus to these stories rather than reporting on anything else. It has become nothing but negativity. Ever wonder why there’s so much bad news out there? Maybe it’s because people find bad news more interesting than good news.
According, to a new study involving more than 1,000 people across 17 countries spanning every continent but Antarctica concludes that, on average, people pay more attention to negative news than to positive news. LA Times I understand that life is hard and we will always have trials and tribulations. However, I believe if we continue to focus on the bad it does nothing but perpetuate the cycle. I am not saying to look through the world with rose colored glasses, just be mindful of what energy we put out into the world. Also what we are willing to give our attention to. If we continue to fill a room with hot air the room the room will stay hot. Our universe is based on balance and if we continue to be one sided we will never be able to move forward. We will always be stuck in the past, and continue to dwell on negative thoughts and which will be replaced with fear.
I agree, the majority of news I see is negative and I'm definitely like the rest of my generation and get the news I know through TikTok which I know is not a reliable source. The algorithms especially will show more bad news because it picks up on people liking it more. Which is sad and we as people should try to look at the good in the world we live in as well.
ReplyDeleteI can be one of those people. People tend to look at the negative side of something before they look at the positive side. So we need to be thoughtful when reading the news and get into the habit of looking at both the positive and negative sides of something. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHi Corina, I like your perspective about how the media is impacting our world. I agree that media does focus on negative things going on in today's world, and it seems like more people are becoming desensitized to negative news.
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