The Media follow up

As to the question of whether or not things would be better or worse it's hard to tell. On one hand the world that we live in right now with the multitude of information that is out there it's hard to who is telling the truth. It's almost as if you just have to choose a way of thinking and go with the sources that you trust and believe what they tell you. The only problem with that is other people are doing the exact same thing so who do you believe? One of the problems is that most of the major news stations, with a few exceptions, all report the same view point. The fact that in a lot of major media markets the same companies own most of the media outlets in those areas. So the information won't be that different. In that way it's not that different from the world that Epic portrayed with internet companies and news corporations combining to create these mega information outlets. The hope is that even though this is happening there will still be places where you can get unbias information. If things were to go the route that Epic gives it would essentially be a similar situation where the public would be confined by major conglomerates. If you watch the movie "V for Vendetta" the country controls all the media and uses it to their advantage, in that sense it is similar but not exactly like the world that Epic shows with the difference being it is not a single country with the hold on news but companies.

Reaction to epic

I think this was an interesting look at how the future could be. I thought that it may have exaggerated things a bit and made the conglomeration of some major Internet companies look like a certainty. While it remains to be seen if these things actually take place the fact that this could happen would seem to have both negative and positive connotations. The fact that it would be easier to get your information would be a good thing, the fact that it would only be coming from a few sources would be troubling. That being said just because there would be a conglomeration doesn't necessarily mean that information would become anymore tainted than it already is. You can't always assume that the powers that be will abuse that power even though in most cases this is what happens. Beyond that stands to reason that if this were to take place it could be the outcome of it would be up to the people at the heads of these companies.

media consumption

During the school year I used Media in many forms and fashions. I pretty much used the computer everyday, at least two or three times to check emails and read news usually on cnn.com. As for the television I would watch about two to three hours a day mostly sports or movies. the only television shows that I watch religiously are on HBO or Showtime. I dont watch local news at all and rarely do I watch news on TV unless there is some major situation that I am particularly interested in. I do enjoy the Bill Maher show which could constitute an news show. What I do the most is listen to music, mostly "underground" or music that is not mainstream. I feel that the majority of my media consumption comes from that, as a M.C. myself I prefer to listen to people who put their opinions on record instead of playing to the masses. Which is probably why I prefer different shows as well because mosts television deals with the same core issues and it seems that people are afraid to push the envelope and that is why I stay away from mainstream media.