It's always harder than you think, once you have to..

Do something for the first time, that you've seen others do so many many times before you. A blog. How hard can it be? You're basically just putting out some information about yourself, an experience, a story you heard, or just something completely random. I have read several blogs and the truth is I thought it would be easy to create my own. Especially with Mass Media as the topic of discussion, as I believe the media to have pretty much shaped my personality, but it really isn't very easy to just start writing. I guess I'll just start off, with some of my own media interests.

I have several shows on tv that i follow. Ranging from True Blood (missed the season finale yesterday, damn you Boston College, for not offering HBO!), to It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (new season on thursday!) to an older show, that most people my age never even heard of, called Twin Peaks. When I'm not watching a show, I might just be watching the news... which fills my head up with either republican or democratic opinions, depending on what channel i choose to watch. CNN keeps getting called out on their mistakes on the daily show, and that pretty much goes for all the other news channels as well, so I guess from now on I'll stick to Stewart and Colbert for my news. Video games are always a good source of entertainment when hanging out with friends, and without music, the world would just be such a dull place to be. Imgaine a party without music.

Mass Media, in pretty much all its forms, really makes our world what it is - for good and bad. It provides us with endless entertainment, and who could really imagine a world without it? But it obviously has quite a bit of control over us, i mean just look at what the annoying "Head On" adverts did. They actually made everyone go out and buy it. The company received a 234% increase in sales after beginning their advertising campaign.

Apply directly to the forehead? Apply directly to the forehead!
...Seriously?

That, and commenting on other examples of the media's control, and just random stories about it, will be the aim of my blog.

Hope you'll follow along as i post.