The media nowadays:
Rationale:
In our second part of the English course we discussed about the media and how it affects society. We learned to critically think about the information we get and to analyse news, detecting every type of bias in them. My written task is a speech about how are we controlled by the media and the power of the information we receive everyday. The purpose is to motivate the audience to stop believing everything we watch or listen to is true and it is adressed to everyone interested in society nowadays.
In class we also studied stereotypes so they play an important role in the speech. Language and its power are included too as the base of the brainwashing in propagandas, the news, and other types of text we studied in our English course. I also related some actual problems of the world with the media and proganda to create a bad image of all these massive messages in the media.
To get the audience I frequently asked questions to the public forcing them to think and be reflexive in the subject. I also used metaphores, examples to support the ideas in the speech and a very extravagant language to decribe how are we affected by all these things.
The message and its purpose is very clear, it is an invitation to think critically and I emphasise the idea that we are the solution to all these problems, so the audience starts thinking that the solutions are in fact in our hands.
In our second part of the English course we discussed about the media and how it affects society. We learned to critically think about the information we get and to analyse news, detecting every type of bias in them. My written task is a speech about how are we controlled by the media and the power of the information we receive everyday. The purpose is to motivate the audience to stop believing everything we watch or listen to is true and it is adressed to everyone interested in society nowadays.
In class we also studied stereotypes so they play an important role in the speech. Language and its power are included too as the base of the brainwashing in propagandas, the news, and other types of text we studied in our English course. I also related some actual problems of the world with the media and proganda to create a bad image of all these massive messages in the media.
To get the audience I frequently asked questions to the public forcing them to think and be reflexive in the subject. I also used metaphores, examples to support the ideas in the speech and a very extravagant language to decribe how are we affected by all these things.
The message and its purpose is very clear, it is an invitation to think critically and I emphasise the idea that we are the solution to all these problems, so the audience starts thinking that the solutions are in fact in our hands.
Speech:
Society is like a building, every floor is supported by the ones below. The question is, in which floor are we? We probably belong to the first three ones supporting everything above, because we are like puppets and we are not even conscious of this! Our brains are washed every day in such a delicate way that it becomes the most aggressive psychological attack in the history of humanity. And I am speaking about the media, about the few men that control the world. These men decide almost everything, and today, my friends, I invite you to wake up, to open your eyes, because if we remove the base of the building the whole system collapses.
The massive amount of information we receive from the media every day is full of lies and omissions, and the weirdest part is that sometimes we consider it as true! They tell us what to think, what to know, what to trust, what to do...Manipulated and distorted information in our TVs, radios, in our newspapers, in the Internet, everywhere!
I will give you a clear example of long-term brain washing, stereotypes. Most of the general differences we see between men and women are because of how are they portrayed in media. Hey you! Buy this car! Sexy women will love you if you buy it! Come on people, we are more than a piece of metal. Do you really like the idea of believing and caring about what the media wants? Do you like the idea of seeing a person as these mind controllers tell you? Lets see things how they really are, prejudices are nonsense. The media is never going to stop so we are the ones who have to make the change.
The power of language is limitless, persuading people noways is so easy. Let me ask you something, how many of the things you buy are because you really need them? Probably not even a half of them, advertising is everywhere. We will find ads wherever we go, we are surrounded by them in the streets, on the walls, on a bus, on buildings. The evil idea of forcing us to think that we need what we don't is a cruel plan that creates necessities to motivate consumerism. It is very easy to fall in advertising, because of the way ideas are interwoven, be aware of the power of language. Think! Every time you want to buy something because it's cool, you are falling in the trap because you are doing what they want you to do.
The few behind the media know that millions of people will watch or read what they transmit. So be careful, the information you receive is the manipulated and distorted information they want these millions of people to believe. Even the source you think is the most reliable, is biased. Because they want us to think like they do. Language can be used in such a way, sometimes we don't even notice that we are reading only one side of the coin. They use sensationalism to attract us to the headlines they want us to be interested in.
This world is full of problems, but somehow most of the time we are blinded to them. We consider some insignificant things as the main issues, but why? Of course, the media. They hide the truth! They cover it with whatever that can keep our minds busy. Violence and tragedies are shown every day in Television to make us think those are the world's biggest problems, while there are millions of people dying because they have nothing to eat. They use sensationalism to attract us to the headlines they want us to be interested in.
In 1983, the New York City tabloid did a great job creating one of the most famous headlines until today. In the front page it appeared with such an attractive language that it was almost impossible not to be interested in it. "Headless body in topless bar", so famous that in 1995 a movie by the director James Bruce was inspired by it and named as the headline. Very important news? More like a very showy one, a clear example of sensationalism in the media.
Ask yourselves, how many hours do you spend watching TV everyday? Or in the Internet? Probably a lot, and there is nothing we can do about it, I am not going to tell you turn off your TV!, but we must know how to receive and process the information correctly without playing their game, where we are just pawns.
In 1983, the New York City tabloid did a great job creating one of the most famous headlines until today. In the front page it appeared with such an attractive language that it was almost impossible not to be interested in it. "Headless body in topless bar", so famous that in 1995 a movie by the director James Bruce was inspired by it and named as the headline. Very important news? More like a very showy one, a clear example of sensationalism in the media.
Ask yourselves, how many hours do you spend watching TV everyday? Or in the Internet? Probably a lot, and there is nothing we can do about it, I am not going to tell you turn off your TV!, but we must know how to receive and process the information correctly without playing their game, where we are just pawns.
As technology advances, everyone has access to information, so almost every single person we know is supposedly informed. But this is used as an advantage to the ones who inform, they manipulate easily, using the language to wash our brains and tell us what and how to think. This is the media nowadays, and it is probably not changing.
The power we gave to them is enough to spread their manipulated information all over the world, and as they are not stopping, we are the ones that can make the difference. This is the system we are living in. Think about the idea of a few men and conspiracies controlling our minds. Think widely. Think critically. Let everyone know that we are living like they want us to live.
The power we gave to them is enough to spread their manipulated information all over the world, and as they are not stopping, we are the ones that can make the difference. This is the system we are living in. Think about the idea of a few men and conspiracies controlling our minds. Think widely. Think critically. Let everyone know that we are living like they want us to live.
