Mass Media

Mass media is influencing everything in the world.  Mass media forms the way a person thinks. Mass media makes a person think the way they want them to think. Banksy is a graffiti artist. He is also a political activist. Most of his graffiti has a political statement or social theme. He used a child in one image hugging a missile. His political message was that children do not know what war really is but is force in other countries to be in war. The girl is in a school outfit. That was ironic because it’s like the girl is being taught to love war. Also having the little girl smirking and hugging a missile is bold because kids don’t really associate with weapons. The image triggers and emotion that makes people think and want to go out and do something about it. This mass media image was towards the government to stop putting children in war.

            The claim mass media makes a person think the way they want them to think address learning outcome two. Learning outcome two is, “Show attentiveness of the potential for educational, political, or ideological influence of the media.” Media influence people to think the example I used was a political Banksy image. That image made the audience think of what he was trying to say politically. Other images and mass media makes the audiences think outside the box.  It’s not what your doing its how your doing it. To get a point across to an audience one must do it in a unique way that charges at emotions. To make one emotions spark will get them to think and go out and do something.