Reality....Is it Still Around or Not?!

    When you watch a television program, you witness how they the media can take control of any situation they air. They can alter time, pause scences, have any power they want, slow down time, etc... all because they play a part, a part to suit their "Reality" a reality that most people of the world now of days sadily follow due to the blinding light the Media Monster projects to them. With this topic, I will be talking about the part that is the main factor of disscussion REALITY, does "media's really" conincide with ours, or do they alter it to fit the standards of their needs and wants. When they infact project these images to society, do they truly blur the clear vision of life's ways, and values by placing "The way we should be" in front of us on our televison screens every night.
     Example everytime you watch t.v, when there is a food advertisement on the screen you most likely get hungery, or say " Umm, That Looks Good" This is because they have taken the time to make everything on it look perfect for you the consumer to devour in more then one way.
    When you actually go out and buy the products of advertisment teasing your hunger it's deffinently not the same looking thing that is advertised to you at frist, it's a representation, a representation that the media perceives as good, as " The food to eat." Everyone knows that making a burger or what ever, the advertisement was that you picture pulling you in is, you yourself could go out and make it for half the price, healthier, and/or even Tastier. Still thou, we all go out and buy that burger, why...because the media tells us too.
    When a counrty you live in says " Let's Go To War ", because they feel that the counrty their going to war against is somehow or in someway is in the wrong for something, society will follow with support, because thats the way of a " Patriotic Citizen ". Why is it this way because media portreys it to be that way through, shows or War, advertisements with the " All-American Post War Person".
     Therefore, with media projecting so many messages, influnecing people in all different area's of life it's hard to not be blinded and tangled up in the frenzy they shove at us. While most stay tangled a majority do not.

Photo Retouching

I personally think that when it come to looking through magazines, newspappers, etc...Your not actually looking at the person in the magazine you are looking at the medias poster star model, the person they want us all to be. you look at the person who's looks and image has been altered to fit the needs and wants of the media masters i personally feel like i'm being lied to because it's not a person i'm looking at it's some computerized
" Person ". I feel kind of wiered out when it comes to gazing throught magazines, because it shows that you can't be you, you must be better, different, PERFECT... Also, when it comes to the images I dont fully know if what i'm seeing is the medias ways, or the peoples ways. I almost feel insulted to the point where I cant trust what the media is trying to put out for me, and others like myself ( The World ) because it seems everything now of days must be altered in order to get the coverage, or to be shown/ talked about.