User:Mariapaola~enwiki

It is virtually impossible in these days to go out without encountering the media in some form in U.S. You may wake up to the sound of the radio, pass billboards in the street, watch television or go to a film in the evening. Therefore, almost everyone is part of the audience for these different kinds of media products. Some people have seen media audiences as being easily manipulated masses of people who can be persuaded to buy products through advertising, or to follow some leaders through propaganda. I really think we all have different uses for the media and we make choices over what we want to watch. In other words, when we encounter a media text, it is not just some kind of mindless entertainment we are expecting to get something from it: some kind of ratification. For example, we may want to find information about society and the world; we want to satisfy our curiosity. This would fit the news and documentaries which both give us a sense that we are learning about the world. However, a lot of people just use the media for enjoyment, relaxation or just to fill time. The mass media in U.S have the ability to reach all kinds of people, of all ages, and even all over the world, as a consequence violent images on U.S television, as well as in the movies, have inspired people to rape, steal, murder, and commit numerous other shootings and assaults, therefore, media violence can have negative affects on society as well. It increases aggressiveness, anti-social behavior, and their appetite for more violence in entertainment and in real life. Not everybody has the enough maturity to realize that movies or T.V shows only are fiction so; I really think mass media in U.S should be more responsible in the way they throw their information and advertising, because almost the whole world is watching what they are offering.