Medved’s paper was overall extremely eye opening and was written in a way that made you think about what he was claiming about Hollywood. I found his argument to be strong, sound and valid, but also interesting. He used examples and statistics that helped to confirm his argument. I hadn’t really thought too much about the affect that the media really had on society until I read his paper. I definitely agree with his disagreement with the way that Hollywood is lying to us as media consumers. More importantly however, I support his conclusion that the only way to contradict a lie is with a truth.
He talked about how we need to remember that messages in the media matter, that we can’t view and accept the world’s portrayal through a TV screen, and that we might not be able to “turn off” the media, but we can turn it down. The only weakness that I found in his argument was the fact that he never mentioned a positive side. Although I agree with him that Hollywood is lying to the world, I believe that some of the media can affect us in positive and even life changing ways. We live in a world where we are so concerned with what goes into our bodies, then why wouldn’t we be concerned with what goes into our minds?
He talked about how we need to remember that messages in the media matter, that we can’t view and accept the world’s portrayal through a TV screen, and that we might not be able to “turn off” the media, but we can turn it down. The only weakness that I found in his argument was the fact that he never mentioned a positive side. Although I agree with him that Hollywood is lying to the world, I believe that some of the media can affect us in positive and even life changing ways. We live in a world where we are so concerned with what goes into our bodies, then why wouldn’t we be concerned with what goes into our minds?
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