Is Media Good or Bad?



To be honest, there is no exact way to define media as either good or bad. Media plays multiple roles in many people's lives, and those roles can have positive and negative effects. For certain people, media might be an integral part of their lives that they could never live without, while others might despise it.
In my life, the media can influence how I dress and what things I like by displaying something as "trending" or "popular." I'm sure teens everywhere can relate. Eventually, if everyone follows what they see on the media, it causes the majority of us to all look alike and have the same interests! This is an example of a negative effect of media - it encourages uniformity. On the other hand, a positive effect of media is that it can lead to people trying out new things that they wouldn't have been exposed to otherwise. Here's an example of media where its effects are up to interpretation. If people saw someone "cool" on YouTube who acted a certain way, they would most likely try to emulate that person's behavior. Some people might have varying perspectives on this effect of media, but that's okay. Media impacts everyone differently, but in the end, it is important that we are aware of what we are doing and why we are doing it.
Overall, we are all exposed to media. It can be a good thing, but also a bad thing - it all depends on how we respond to it in our own lives. 

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