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Media Influence: The perpetual minefield

What is Social Media???Social media plays a crucial role in informing and reflecting public imagination and opinion. It connects the world to individuals and individuals to the world. When used properly its a very helpful and entertaining tool but on the flip side it comes with many dangers

Media influence has become such a brilliant tool that our identities are merely based on what we see through social media. Privacy is a thing of the past, if someone wants to find you they dont have to look far. Cyber bullying is almost entirely based off of social media and there is now a program known as a Klout score that judges your social media performance.

Social MediaCloaking the world since the 1600s

Heres a fine example of the role social media plays on our decision making. Everyone has an opinion, so do the authors and employees of social media sites. Take this picture for example, you see a solider helping out a fellow comrade right? Or is that what the media wants you to think?

Now What do you see here? A solider holding a prisoner of war at gun point reflecting how poorly we treat our enemies in the field. Or again, is that what they want you to think?

Heres the actual photograph that the media in all likelihood wouldnt show us because its hard to take a side from this picture and the medias goal for the most part is to impact or have an influence on society. No two sites will ever state the same thing exactly the same way. Its not only for pictures, they take sides on political positions, government decisions and much more.

Media today walks the tight rope when it comes to cyber bullying, and let me tell you they are not very good at it. Suicide is at its all time high, along with bullying and harassment and what else to blame then social media. Sure actions speak louder than words but what if those words are actions.