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Chronimas is where young people get to celebrate literature. It is an online avenue where everybody is free to comment and discuss literature and life in general.
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Should we blame the media for our woes?
Any kind of behaviour or norms that we adopt in the society is always attributed to the media. Even in our universities youths do what they do and later on blame the media. Lately, the kenya parliamentary committee that was formed to inquire into the strikes that dogged our high schools blamed the media. Their justification was based on the local program, Tahidi high which is based on a high school setting. This is very ridiculous of them to shift the blame on the local programs they are too championing to be aired.
nonetheless research that was done in the US on the effects of violent movies showed that their effects were not due to the movies but rather the environment one was exposed to. This was in the 60’s when television was strongly becoming popular with the American populace. In our scenario the media can tell the same owing that the consumption of mass media products is low. This is empirical evidence which suggest the opposite of our beliefs on the media. Although there are cases where the mass media tells us what to think but there is no supporting evidence to prove so.
The media do not necessarily tell us what to think but it influences how we think. This is such that when Kenyan youth decide to dress haphazardly it is not because the media tells them to do so but rather influenced by the media. It is that one has decided to dress but how he/she will dress will be influenced by the mass media. The media therefore acts like a catalyst to the actions we choose to do. When Kenya youths took the streets to protest the elections rigging claims it is the media which provide the way to do it better or worse.
The Kenyans society has allowed the media play the parental role. This is such that children do not spend enough time with their parents but they rather spend time watching and listening to the radio and television. It is the failure of the parents and not the media for pollution that that the youths are facing. We do not realize the inadequacies that the society is facing hence we blame the media for our shortcomings. The society has also allowed various kinds of behaviours which our youths adopt without much ado.
The media is taken to be a powerful tool which influences the public whenever it is used. In America for example John McCain used the mass media heavily producing adverts and communication to the Americans his policies. Even though it was at first efficient but he lost it to Obama as the campaign was closing in. It proves that it with the aid of opinion leaders that the media can prove to be very influential.
Mass media cannot be accused for the bad behaviours that one chooses to adopt or the way we will act. The pornographic artifice that found in our streets is due to the societal erosion which has warranted their use. The fight against AIDS is also becoming a major concern due to lack of acceptance by the Kenyan society for abstinence and condom use. Let’s correct the anomalies in our society instead of accusing the media.
patosh
hello world!
i’m sitting here at 5 in the morning staring at this empty blog spot and it strikes me as rather cold. i know what chronimas is all about but that knowledge only makes this empty place all the more sadder. humor me… good morning world.
to this cold place:
Shiver
Tranquil grace expand,
Cover; quilt thine soft.
Exposed hairs
brisk,Brushed chills
Only light
With goose
Pimples.
cinx