Plato's Allegory Of The Cave

Plato’s Allegory of the Cave relates to social media use in that the media has developed and maintained a strong hold on society, similarly as to how the cave encapsulates the prisoners. Nowadays, media has become the basis of truth, where society soaks in this information and takes it as fact. However, how can one determine if these findings that are presented are genuine or just a mere illusion? Plato’s Allegory of the Cave explains how people only base their perception of the world on their experiences of physical objects, or images that they perceive and believe to be true. By doing so, they have limited themselves to the restricted ideas prescribed to them by others.
Socrates’ Limits of Knowledge relates to social media use in that the
In the same sense, as to how the prisoners only see and believe the shadows on the walls, society watches the news and believes it to be true, since this is all they can see of the world. However, the news often provides negative images and misrepresentations, which further keeps people in the cave. For example, the portrayal of Arab and Muslim people in the media is typically stereotypical and negative. The news is continuously dominated by reports of terrorist attacks and hostage images to shock and capture the audience. Because this imagery is so prevalent, it controls the minds of the viewer and tricks them into believing in generalizations of all Muslim people. Similarly, as to how the prisoners prefer their chains after being told the truth, people in society prefer their chains of ignorance. In other words, instead of challenging said “truth” and gaining an understanding of those around, society becomes comfortable in limited knowledge. It is only through education that society can move out of the cave, as education leads people to question facts and old assumptions, moving us closer to the