The infamous media

How many of you have seen this commercial online or on tv?

Dove Evolution Campaign

Pretty crazy eh?

Coming from a design background, I know that this kind of thing happens all the time. In high school, I remember taking those pictures at Pacific Mall, getting it a few hours later, and I don't even look like me because they touched up my face via photoshop. These 'evolutions' definitely happen. Not only is it just the image that is distorted, our whole perception of reality is distorted. How we view relationships, university life, sex, beauty and more, are all affected by media in some way. I don't think any one of us can deny the impact of media on our lives. Especially in this generation where we are bombarded by the internet and tv.

Everyday we are swayed to make decisions. What drink to have, what clothes to wear, where we will eat, who we hang out with. How much of our decision is of the world, and not of God? How much of the decision is purely selfish and how much is with others in mind? As a Christian I find one of the most challenging things is to be in the world but not OF it. How to be an impact on those around me rather than get impacted myself.

It's a fact that the media and the world influences our everyday lives.
But how much? And how can you be more aware of it's impact on you?

*rebecca

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I spoke with a friend recently who went through a very rough break-up. When all was said and done, the guy said 'my pridehas really been hurt'.

I was very surprised that rather than saying 'I've really been hurt', the first thing he addressed was his pride. In relation to the media entry becca has posted above, I find more and more the media puts so much focus into appearances and it doesn't only brainwash us deciding what to wear and what gadgets to buy, it poisons our mind and causes us to want to portray a certain image of ourselves to other

Ultimately, what I see is that the more we work on the image we portray, the more we become fake.  We do our best to look and act a certain way around certain people. We put on so many different faces that we don't know who we are at all. Of course, this happens subtly at first but it eats away at our character in such a way that we are not aware until it's too late.

Is how you look and act more important to you than your character? Do you always think carefully about what you say in fear of being ridiculed at your true ideas? Do you act differently around different people because you don't want others to see certain things about you?

The media places so much value in things which are temporary, making secondary their primary focus.

*sam