Daily Blog Challenge Day 183/365
Recent events have reminded me that we only know what others want us to know. This is true with our personal relationships and on a global scale. Media is a powerful tool, but at the end of the day we need to remember that someone is deciding what is news.
I also strongly believe that most things come down to money. Someone, somewhere is making lots of money based on every decision.
This is frightening to me because I want to know the truth in order to make informed decisions and it is often hard to know who/what to believe. We need to remember to teach our students to research, listen carefully and encourage them to be informed consumers.
We as a society consume media and there is money to be made. Stories that create an emotional response are more "popular" than other stories. We hear about the negatives far more often than the positives, but this does not mean the world is full of only negativity. Negative stories get people talking more than uplifting stories.
Remember we are at the mercy of what someone else thinks is important and that importance is more than likely linked to ratings and money.
Thank you for reading.
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