Protecting Ourselves from Media Manipulation: The Use of Alternative Me

Protecting Ourselves from Media Manipulation The Use of Alternative Media as an Information SourceAs far as one open fire recall the media has had a large influence over our perceptions of the world and the golf-club in which we live. Why is it that we blindly seem to believe whatever we apprehend on the radio, see on the television, read in newspapers and more before long on the internet? The mass media has acquired a great control over the perceptions of how we interpret the world around us, it is only when we allow alternative media to stimulate and expand to greater parts of the world that we will be satisfactory to understand the different perspectives and work towards understanding the truth.There have been historical reports on alien invasions, attacks made by giant worms and other enlarged or made-up stories. Many of these events or attacks were based on usual fears during the time. This can also be seen during the Red Scare. Americans were afraid of be attack ed by commies and were constantly afraid of spies thus, they proceeded to name anyone or anything a communist if they did not respond in the way that they had anticipated. These fears were manipulated by the mass media creating raise anxiety. Plausibility and timing are equally as important in creating stories or news that can result in anxiety and fear. To amply deceive the public there has to be a plausible write up occurring at the right time and place. In our post 9/11 world, where many people are already feeling on the acuity it is important that the media is careful in what they produce, and think about the potential personal effects on their audience. We would not want to see ourselves confronted with the same tactics as those used previously during the ... ...acifici, The Moro Morality Play Terrorism as favorable Drama (Chicago The University Chicago Press, 1986) p. 65, 90.Mueller, John E. War, Presidents and existence Opinion (New York John Wiley, 1973) .Newport, Frank, Public Opinion of the War in Afghanistan, Gallup News Service Poll Analyses, (31 October 2001) (http//www.gallup.com/ poll parrot/Releases/Pr011031e.asp)Orwell, George, Politics and the English Language in The Collected Essays of George Orwell (Harmondsworth Penguin, 1968) p. 167.Page, B., Shapiro, R. and Dempsey. 1987. What moves Public Opinion, American Political Science Review, 81, March, 23-43.Speech of George W. Bush, as reported on CNN, October 7, 2001Cartoonstock,United We Stand, memory Handshttp//www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/nc_search.asp?x=a&keyword=&Category=Bin+Laden%2C+Osama&Boolean=Or&Artist=Not+Selected&submit=Search