#8 Media's Touch

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   The Media is unquestionably mundane to all. From our childhood days, we remember how we get to play outside with everything under the sun and see our parents use cellular phones with antennas still. But now, all of those seem to be a joke with the media being so advanced together with the technology’s rapid boom.

   Every day, we wake up to the news either on the television or the radio. And if given time, we would then log on to our Facebooks and check on what's hot and new. We are enjoying everything without even checking on what we hear, see and read. For example are the television ads. Basically, most manufacturers make such advertisements to promote their products and paint a perfect picture if its use and effects. We, the viewers, then believe in every fancy sketch the announcer encrypts in our minds without even having a background check on its consequences. This habit is surely a hazard not only to our health but also to future generations. Another thing would be the internet. People of different walks of life nowadays are highly dependent on it. Ironically, every student’s research work probably passed through Google's search bar. This clearly explains why young boys and girls would prefer to surf the net the whole day than to play outside which would seem to be such a laborious task. It instills laziness and erases the true essence of a playful childhood. Aside from too much independence, you could not imagine all the things you could explore with just a simple Google search. Internet literate kids are being exposed to matters inappropriate to their age and these very much influence their attitudes. Together with that, swear words are becoming too main stream and children would probably think then that they are normal to use.

Crushed Innocence

   Although media plays an important role as it is of great help to mankind, we could not rub out the fact that its negative effects are too destructive especially to future generations. But since we could not control its unimaginable growth, we may slow down its adverse effects by lessening our dependence on it.