Blame the Theory!!!

Uses and gratification theory

Every action has a reaction, just how everything we see affects us in the ways we might not realize. Media leaves its mark on us, see how the current generation can’t even live without media. It’s basically an instinct for people to check social media platforms first thing in the morning when they wake up.

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Social media has corrupted our minds, it has a way of controlling how we think and feel. There are people out there who can legit not live without social media because it became a way of life. Social media allows people to project the way they want people to see them even if it’s not they way they actually live there lives. It’s more like an illusion, if you don’t know the truth behind it what is displayed on social media platform would what people think is the reality of one’s life.

If this can be done with people displaying their personal life, this is also happens when it comes to news. There are tons of news outlets that’s on social media that is click bait. Click bait meaning that it may project a real news senecio but giving wrong information or just being used for other purposes. This makes it more complicated for the people to know what’s true and what’s not.

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