Learning Outcome #3

Gosh... where do you begin when you try to correlate the connections between the growth and changes of mass media, and the growth and changes in american society. When I first started thinking about what one single element of mass media might have been the most influencial, I immediately thought about the internet. But as i thought more about it, i asked myself "what has really influenced me and changed my views of life in terms of media?" The more i thought about it, the more I basically looked back to the good ol' fasion Television. Granted I feel that the internet has overall influenced and changed our society in more ways than television, but when it comes to mass media and its influence on our society, I feel that TV takes the cake. The diversity in all the different news channels has developed into "left wing", "right wing", far left, far right, bla bla bla... Yet most all of them claim to be "unbiased". WTF? All of these different news channels have changed the way we view the world in whole. The shear convenience and accessablity of media through television has progressed peoples opinions and views of our society, and our relationships with other societies.