Media and our views

In today's world the media makes a huge impact in our lives. I think that without it, many of us who are use to such luxuries will not be able to manage our lives with ease. Because I have access to news all over the world with the internet, television, magazines, and news papers, I can easily find out what is going on around the world, around my neighborhood, school, family and friends. The media does inform us about everything we know, but it also influences our views on many subjects. We can only interpret this information given to us by the amount of information and stand that the media provides us. Although this is so, I believe that we should try to interpret what we are giving with our own views and values. The media challenges us because we must learn to interpret the difference between what the media wants us to think and believe and what we really think and believe on our own. We are given many views that expand our thinking and our views, but it is up to us to decide what we want to take in.