With the rapid advancement of technology mass media in society has been influenced and shaped by it. This has influence in such a way that our daily day life are some how affected by this merging of mass media and technology. This influence that it exerts has shaped American values and the way in which we view them. Neil Postman, Newcomb and Hirsch wrote two essays, which agree and oppose to this statement respectively.
After reading and analyzing the two of them I realize it was very hard to compare them because they address two different themes. The two of them influence my way of thinking on the subject and arouse my interest. From both I gathered the positive and negative aspects as a starting point. They made me start to think about this but afterwards I develop my own theories and ideas. On my opinion mass media can influence society negatively and positively depending on how it is manipulated.
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