Media messages are representations of the world. We depend on the media to understand our world and different cultures.
This statement is true, that the media represents the culture and the world. Which means, the people who are from totally different countries might get ideas(even though some stereotypes) based on the media. Because of that, we need to be conscious about our behaviors based on the media, which might harm and misrepresent our own culture and life. For example, there was one girl from a foreign country have told me that she had some stereotypes before she actually came to Korea because some of the Korean dramas are handling the episodes about early eras of Korea. Therefore she got stereotypes such as "Koreans still wear traditional clothing" or "They still have the traditional building all around", etc.
There could be some misunderstanding of my culture, therefore I always am conscious of my behavior on the social network service, such as Facebook, because my behaviors are being recorded on the system and everyone can see it.
It has to be the same in the pop culture, as the pop culture represents the basic culture of the society or community or even a country. Therefore people need to be conscious while being on the pop culture as it can be the basic information for the people who aren't familiar with.
I agree with your points that media messages can give information about cultures, and people may misinterpret that or it can create stereotypes about the world.
ReplyDeleteYou made some valid points when you discussed that the media can really inform the public about culture! Everywhere we go we are constantly being reminded that of people's values by looking at their media. You can have got into more examples about how media reflects one culture, and how stereotypes correlate with that idea.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with what you said about the preconceived notions people develop due to how media and ads depecit certain culture. I also think that its the duty of people to become aware to this flase representation and recognize that pop culture may be a form of synth culture.
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