Prof. Donohue
WR122
14 June, 2012
Final/Revised Researched Argument Essay
(thesis) The media is a culture force that can not be avoided and gives us information on a vast variety of topics. It influences what we think, the way we act and helps us choose our purchases. The media not only provides us with the information, but it decides which information is important. What we see on television and the internet or what we hear on the radio is all chosen by the media. Media gives us the data that forms our opinions. It has taken away a lot of our individual qualities and so that we are much like sheep trying to imitate the media suggestions and losing our individuality and creativity. Advertising is a conspicuous force in modern culture filtering us with subliminal messages from the minute we open our eyes till we go to sleep. In relaying this information to us, they are the ones who decide what to write and, how to describe the issues and document what they feel is important. Everything we see, hear or read is information chosen by the media. Media offers us information that we take to be factual when actually what it is, is what they want us to know and believe as facts. What is portrayed is usually one-sided without any explanations of the other side and issues as we see in many news articles or specific web pages In an article in Internet Research Papers, it states: “the influence of mass media on our kids, teenagers and society is so big that we should know how it really works.” Mass media and media advertising are among the main deciding factors and influences that are the structure of our modern culture. As we look into facts and actual research studies on the power and effect that the media has, we see the relation to how the most individuals are affected. According to Webster’s dictionary, “mass” is a word used to describe large numbers of people and “media“, is radio, newspapers, television, billboards and any other type of