The media influence our lives. Film, television but also the newspapers contribute to almost all people of the western civilization and manipulate them in their thinking. If a person is aware of the steering through the media he can accept it or try to reject it. If the manipulation works over the unconsciousness the person runs the risk of owning another’s opinion.
Media have a power to influence the view on life and politics in such a way unlike any other. As a political example you can name the methods of the Nazis. They used the media for their propaganda and reached their goal: to manipulate the thinking of millions of people.
Even though this is an example of the past it is still happening today. Journalists forget to report certain aspects on purpose but stress out others to guide our thinking in their ways. This brings us to judge in the media’s wishful manner. If the news declares someone as guilty, most of the time, we will share this opinion, too.
But not only the news reporting, which works with overweighting of topics or selection of facts, forge our opinion. Even documentaries, books or television series influence our opinion by a skillful selection of topics and through a clever presentation of those. Some of them manage to give us only the facts which are, in their opinion, the right ones. Or they question the facts in light of good or bad depending on what is more useful for them. Returning to the example of the Nazis, they spread out lies and had totally wrong conclusions which sound maybe at first pretty comprehensible but with the right background it turns out to be an empty shell.
And that is how it works. How many hours a day do we watch TV, listen to the radio or read the newspaper? But how many hours do we actually spent on thinking about what we heard or read?
But manipulations are not only found in the politics. It can be found in every part of our lives. The media wants to show us how to dress, to style or to live. And we get the feeling we actually have to be that way so we do not stick out of the crowd. It is an individual choice of how much do we want to get guide by this kind of manipulating. This does not mean that it is easy to decide whether we want to stick to the brighter mass or stand out.
There is no real trueness and no “the one and only manner” in the world. We have to build our own opinions and make our decisions on what we think is the right thing to do.
How to use Twitter
1) Twitter is a social network which was built in March 2006 and started as a company in 2007.
It is a free service where you can send a 140-character message on your page. Now anyone in the world can read your post but only the people who want to "foolow" you get a notification of your new post. You can actually pick who is allowed to follow you and who do you want to follow.
Pro:
- social networking sites allow people to reconnect with friends and family and share a little bit with their lifes with them
- Twitter is a crative expression over a new medium
-you can find people with common interest and can catch up on them
Contra:
-Social networking sites entice people to spend more time online and less time interacting face-to-face.
-Teens growing up with these sites may not be aware that the information they post is public and that photos and text can be retrieved even after deletion.
- Bulling is getting more easy
2. Twitter has become quite famous for its use by politicians as well as celebrities – please pick a famous English speaking political “tweeter” (or “twitterer” as others say) and analyse his or her use of the medium.
One of the most famous politician who uses Twitter is President Barack Obama.
He is using Twitter to inform his followers for example about results of debates in the Senate, to post links to interviews or videos and to thank the nation for its support.
It is a free service where you can send a 140-character message on your page. Now anyone in the world can read your post but only the people who want to "foolow" you get a notification of your new post. You can actually pick who is allowed to follow you and who do you want to follow.
Pro:
- social networking sites allow people to reconnect with friends and family and share a little bit with their lifes with them
- Twitter is a crative expression over a new medium
-you can find people with common interest and can catch up on them
Contra:
-Social networking sites entice people to spend more time online and less time interacting face-to-face.
-Teens growing up with these sites may not be aware that the information they post is public and that photos and text can be retrieved even after deletion.
- Bulling is getting more easy
2. Twitter has become quite famous for its use by politicians as well as celebrities – please pick a famous English speaking political “tweeter” (or “twitterer” as others say) and analyse his or her use of the medium.
One of the most famous politician who uses Twitter is President Barack Obama.
He is using Twitter to inform his followers for example about results of debates in the Senate, to post links to interviews or videos and to thank the nation for its support.
Stephen Fry's tweeter wooble: I know how he feels
David Schneider, reporter at The Guardian wrote an article about the comedian Stephen Fry who decided to stop using the social network Twitter. He also tells why twittering or social networking in general became so important but also a high risk.
Stephen Fry has 938.485 followers on Twitter. And because only one of them had the opinion that Fry's posts were boring he decided to stop using the network. Because compliments are so hard to get, every little humiliation is a lot more weighted. This also increased since it is possible to comment on nearly everything in the world wide web. Schneider is asking the question why artist but also normal people still continue to put their private lifes on those social networks. The answer is that they need their praise.We wait the whole day that someone start commenting on our posts to agree with us or to get admired. The only problem could occure when we do not get our wished approval. Like in Stephen Fry's case.
Stephen Fry has 938.485 followers on Twitter. And because only one of them had the opinion that Fry's posts were boring he decided to stop using the network. Because compliments are so hard to get, every little humiliation is a lot more weighted. This also increased since it is possible to comment on nearly everything in the world wide web. Schneider is asking the question why artist but also normal people still continue to put their private lifes on those social networks. The answer is that they need their praise.We wait the whole day that someone start commenting on our posts to agree with us or to get admired. The only problem could occure when we do not get our wished approval. Like in Stephen Fry's case.
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