I believe that the mass media has had a tremendous effect on
my personal worldview. Certain forms of mass media such as music, movies and
video games have directly had a great impact on my life. I personally think that these three
forms of mass media have the largest impact on me.
Since I have recently come to university and have been
living away from my parents I have had a lot more alone time. In this time I
really enjoy watching movies. I believe that films are an incredible form of
art. They are able to convey such amazing messages to a broad variety of people
worldwide. One of my favourite movies of all time, the benchwarmers, is more of
a comedic type movie. Even so, it has an incredible message in it. It brings up
the problem of bullying, specifically with younger kids and sports, and by the
end of the movies shows how bullying should not be tolerated. I also really
like how movies are available in many different languages. This enables people
who are not English speaking to watch and enjoy movies the same as everyone
else.
Another great form of mass media is music. Music is the
thing that has always been there for me no matter what. There is never a bad
time to just put in the ear buds and crank some tunes. Music is somehow able to
reach out to every possible emotion that you could have. If you’re sad you can
go listen to some break up songs such as the number one hit “Someone Like You –
Adele”. Or if you’re in the mood for a soothing love song you can go and listen
to “Hello – Lionel Ritchie”. Music is just a universal thing that anybody can
listen to at anytime.
Ever since I was young video games have been a huge part of
my life. From the Nintendo Entertainment System or the Nintendo 64 of my youth,
to the Xbox 360 of my present adolescence video games have always been there.
From sports games to fantasy games, they are able to reach out to each
individual in different ways. They are also a great way to promote multitasking
in the mind and somehow have the ability to relieve stress, well for me at
least.
People may think that mass media is a negative thing, but in
my mind mass media is nothing but positive. It gives many different people
equal opportunity to experience similar things. Music is something that
everyone can enjoy due to the huge amount of different genres. That’s what mass
media is to me. It is something that enables people across the globe to have
great experiences.
