Medium and media

We talk a lot about the media and its effects on us. But which media do have the greatest effect on us? Is it balanced? I would argue that it is not, in two ways. The first being that not everybody consumes the same media an not everyone places the same value on each media. One person might place a lot of what they believe about the world from listening to music and what those artists have to say about the world. Others might religiously watch the news on t.v. and draw a lot from that. Another reason is the function of some media. Television for instance is supposed to give accurate reporting, there is supposed to be very little opinion, whereas in something like the movie industry, people are free to push their own ideas and beliefs through their work. So I would argue that the media has a lot of unequal influence on the world, some media have more freedom an influence certain people more than other media. The next question would be, why is this important? Perhaps because people owe it to themselves to broaden the scope of their media intake. If someone watches fox news all day everyday, then they will end up with a narrow perspective about what the world is like. However if they watch several new channels and they listen to a variety of music and they read lots of books and go to see lots of different movies, then they will have a much better chance at becoming more aware of what the world is like.