It’s always thought and introspected how the so-called media has authorized our lives unconditionally in all aspects. Questions to be asked outline the interference of media in our daily usual lives on one extremity, and it’s power to bound, shape, and metamorphose humanity on the other. As human beings, we are dwelled into a world whereby the scenario of our lives are a reflection of the exact scenarios illustrated in ads, movies, and the surrounding overall media. It’s to eventually realize that who we are is not completely a choice of who we want to be. It’s instead the total effect of the media to outline a certain identity into what is then transformed into our own identity.
It’s in between what’s wrong and what’s right to do. It’s a standard piece built with formulated norms, rules, and the expectations to be done. It’s not an ultimate choice. It’s who we are, yet who the media wants us to be. Speaking of experiences, at times of our lives we are driven into a state of denial. Denying our image or the person we are becoming to be due to what the media has zoned this image specifically into the list of immoral acts, sinful behaviors, and disgrace. Eventually, we are either pressured to remodel our identity or live in an ultimate state of refusal. Accepting who we are is thus achieved once what we see and hear praises the person we have already become.
Imagine if we wake up one day to find out that what we are watching in advertisements, TV series, movies, shows, etc… is a scenario illustrating a totally different way of living, thinking and dealing with matter. We are initially driven into refusing what we are seeing or what we are hearing thus justifying the norms and the rules we are raised upon. Even though the media is proclaiming the actual way of living, our refusal is rigidly based on the person we have already become. But what if a newborn baby is raised during this specific time where the media has tilted it’s way to illustrate the actual life?
My research paper speaks out of introspection and depends on the analysis of the person I have become to be, which is directly linked to the power of the media in remodeling my identity. Moving from personal experiences, research and citations, I will show how our lives as human beings is being formulated by what we see and what we hear. In other words, identities are not totally a choice; they are instead a total reflection of what the media proclaims to be the right identity.
1 comment:
You do not need to prove that 'identities are not totally a choice; they are instead a total reflection of what the media proclaims to be the right identity'
This has been proved already.
What would be interesting is to pick a specific interface through which this phenomenon could be studied. Choosing something personal as you are suggesting is a good idea, but be more specific, what media and what aspect of your life do you want to discuss?
You realize that your 'identity' is a vast terrain, so addressing one area (ex. physical appearance, sexuality, political tendency, language, etc.) would focus your paper and allow you more in-depth analysis. Similarly, 'the media' is a massive body, try to pick on a certain theme or a specific interface (ex. representations of lifestyle or a specific magazine you read)
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