Medias influence essay

Whether it be a celebrity’s secret anti-aging cream, at-home workout plan, or new clothing line, women look towards the media to impact their decisions on their appearance. Although positive effects can come from letting advertisements guide one’s judgement, sometimes false advertisements can have a negative impact on how a woman perceives herself.

Whether it be from the portable devices it seems every person has or the TV that remains on throughout the day, we are constantly absorbing the information they force upon us be it the good or bad. The ultimate presence of the media guarantees that what we hear, see, and experience thru it will influence the mind whether conscious of it or not.

People in charge of commercials, magazines, and other ads distort day, when the media or movies showed a hint or a dash of blood, the reaction of the average person was shock and disgust at the blood and gore shown. These scenes and clips shown have become more and more extreme over the years to the level of being hazardous to society.

Over the years many models have been developed to explain this process. The models that I will look at, include the hypodermic model, the mass society theory, the minimal effects model, and the agenda setting and priming model. Before looking at these models, we must first look at