Media

Technology is a great development in today's world, it brings so many positive things to this world. We find information on the various media platforms that we can access for free anywhere, anytime we want. Information is just part of it, communication, entertainment are other aspects that are easier to access. But with these advantages, come its disadvantages. 
I personally believe media is a very dangerous thing. It can be affected by a lot of things, stories that are not as interesting to the majority audience won't be shown. So we would not know they are happening since we trust the media being the only source of information. It can also be very affected by the money involved. As media centers are also businesses, they want to make as much money as possible and make choices based on that theory. There is also a board or CEO that decides what will be streamed in their news program. Hence we have different channels that are liked and disliked by different people. 
Communication in the early days was all person to person or drawings/writings that would take time and effort. The world is inventing things that help the human be lazier. Lazy entertains. Texting takes no time whatsoever, it can be considered as a way to communicate with someone while not facing them. 
Through all these points, the media has influenced people's lives dramatically for better and for worse. World technological development is good though. Ways to do things easier were always going to be invented.

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