It is amazing how far the "media" has come over the last 20 years. The media is the reason actors and athletes are making as much money as they do. The media can make people believe what isn't true and can over-hype or under-hype any situation.
I think you can relate the media to the mall story as well. The media has a large part in creating what is right and wrong to wear in public and what is cool and not. It just makes you wonder why a pair or Prada shoes cost 600$ when they cost about that same price to make as a pair of 40$ Reebok's. With all this "life changing" experience people have at mall's, I can not say myself that I have encountered one and do not think about the food as "home cooked".
It is amazing on how my thoughts of animals have changed over the last few years. I use to think animals are worthless objects and didn't care for them at all, maybe this was because I have never owned a pet. But now I really begin to think about all the different types of animals there are and how unique they are. I do believe animals have emotions and think they are smarter then we think.
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I liked how you tied the to essay subjects together in your blog. Media does have a lot to do with what poeple perceive as acceptable, or in style. Then these people get all worried, rush to the mall and engage in their favorite past-time.
ReplyDeleteI also like how you brought up how it probably costs the same amount of money to make a $40 pair of Reebok's and a $600 pair of Prada shoes. These shoes are most likely made over in some sweatshop in India, with little kids working for about a penny an hour. Yet these shopaholics go nuts over them, regardless of the price, mainly because the media hypes them up. If the media didn't make the shoes or shoe companies popular, then what would?