Monday, February 2, 2009
Too trusting
While reading through the intro on Media Literacy the section on the credibility of the media struck me. "The audience members must learn to look at the information presented throughout the media with a healthy skepticism and determine for themselves whether the content is accurate." (pg 9) I feel like this has always been a difficulty for me; it's hard for me to look at something or someone with a critical eye which at times has led to me being taken advantage of. I guess I'm more aware of it if it's an actual commercial where I know that they have a particular agenda; I'm convinced that there is no objective news channel so I turn to Colbert for his wisdom instead. Sorry, not really a question but more of a rambling of a character attribute of mine.
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Between the ages of 8 and 18 I dreamed of being a journalist. I took journalism classes in Jr. High and High School and always found myself warping the truth to some degree to make stories more interesting. I think this happens in all forms of media as Silverblatt addresses and is one of the factors that steered me away from journalism. There's a large part of me that is very much an idealist and feels that we should be able to trust what we see in the news.
ReplyDeleteI would if it is our own pressure of if we feel this pressure coming from an outside source when we are compelled to "doctor up" the truth or story? Am I doing it because I like the story better up that way or because I think others will find it insufficient otherwise?
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