I view myself as an individual thinker, someone who does not follow crowds. I’m conscious of my opinions, and how they are subject to change, but only under my consent. I’m aware of media’s potential to manipulate, but would never agree to say they have made me the person I am today; that is, until I started this Mass Communication class.
Consumer’s trust in the media is dangerous. In a 1994 interview with Playboy, Marshall McLuhan describes media as extensions of man. “Whenever we watch a TV screen or read a book, we are absorbing these extensions of ourselves…we can’t escape this perpetual embrace of our daily technology unless we escape the technology itself and flee to a hermit’s cave.” I’m not suggesting that we all become hermits, but I think it’s necessary to achieve a global awareness of media’s role in shaping our thoughts, perceptions and points of view.
The Playboy Interview: Marshall McLuhan." 1994. Playboy Magazine. 7 Sept. 2007
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