How the media has affected our minds...
Aug. 19th, 2002 01:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
staxxyJust something I have noticed recently...
So it has occurred to me on several occasions that the media is all about sensationalism. If a storm is coming it get a name, and more coverage than it warrants. If the president picks his nose it gets more coverage than it warrants. Things in our media (meaning America, and yes in other countries too, but less so in my experience) are blown way out of proportion, or covered far too much.
Looking at how various online communities have responded to each other lately makes me think that perhaps it is the subconscious expectation that everything must be sensationalized and over documented that causes so much of the drama that always seems to rampant at the end of summer. Perhaps it is simply my take on it. It just seems to me that people are a bit more prone to make things into emotional issues that are simply matters of logic, and really not about feelings at all. Until you use those lovely emotivally reactive words and suddenly it becomes more of a powerplay and attention fest than anything else.
And, for those of you watching... This isn't about any one person, conversation, thread, circumstance, or even social group (oddly enough). This is something I have observed happening around me for years, and especially towards the end of summer. Perhaps it is because everyone is exhausted from doing too much in the warmer times and is therefore more prone to be emotionally reactive than during the winter when things are slower.
What do you guys think?
Color me Curious..
So it has occurred to me on several occasions that the media is all about sensationalism. If a storm is coming it get a name, and more coverage than it warrants. If the president picks his nose it gets more coverage than it warrants. Things in our media (meaning America, and yes in other countries too, but less so in my experience) are blown way out of proportion, or covered far too much.
Looking at how various online communities have responded to each other lately makes me think that perhaps it is the subconscious expectation that everything must be sensationalized and over documented that causes so much of the drama that always seems to rampant at the end of summer. Perhaps it is simply my take on it. It just seems to me that people are a bit more prone to make things into emotional issues that are simply matters of logic, and really not about feelings at all. Until you use those lovely emotivally reactive words and suddenly it becomes more of a powerplay and attention fest than anything else.
And, for those of you watching... This isn't about any one person, conversation, thread, circumstance, or even social group (oddly enough). This is something I have observed happening around me for years, and especially towards the end of summer. Perhaps it is because everyone is exhausted from doing too much in the warmer times and is therefore more prone to be emotionally reactive than during the winter when things are slower.
What do you guys think?
Color me Curious..
