Media presentation of reality

By Fiona Khandoker, South Breeze School
6 May 2004, 18:00 PM
Reality is much more interesting and mysterious than fiction. This is a truth we haven't ever thought about but have to admit. We all have come through at least one incident or another in our lives that we hadn't even imagined in our wildest dreams.

We have actually faced few but are aware of many. Television is now an essential part of almost every man's daily life. And what makes television such a happening 'thing' is media. It is because truth is displayed to us in such a colourful manner that we can't help 'seeing' them. Yes that's right, we get to 'see' them with our very own eyes. If we give a bit of a thought we will understand that it is reality on TV, which takes us more towards it then fiction. It's the stars that attract us more than their characters. We want to know more about Julia Roberts, not about Erin Brockovich. So, we can understand how biased we are about reality.

But reality is not always composed of the life stories of movie stars and the people we admire. It is extremely painful, depressing, overwhelming and at times quite inspiring.

Nowadays the movies that are being made are a reflection of reality. We can see our idols doing all these we never wanted them to do, like killing, kidnapping, stealing torturing and what not. What I am trying to prove here is that people are just too acquainted with the truth. Even those, which probably were meant to be highly confidential.

Children for instance in the modern times know all that isn't at all fit for their age. They automatically get inspired by what they see, which is not always good.

According to analysis, there has been an increase in the rate of violence and terrorism in the last five years just because of the media. Everything has become so open that there is nothing left to be hidden. What I personally feel is that something should be done to prevent the spilling of the beans. Otherwise, it would end up being a total disaster.