It is no secret that we are being watched by our phones. We are completely spied on everyday, just not in ways you would expect. We obviously know there is an algorithm that social media uses to get to know your interests and you, to further recommend things you would be interested in viewing, buying, or doing. This way, the people in charge of monitoring you will are trying to get to know you, and overall the population on the app, better. I have a real problem with this. It completely invades my privacy, and I don’t want an app guessing who I am and what I want. Sure it is nice to have something pop up on my Instagram that I was just talking about needing, but does anyone else not see a problem with this?

Apps learn from us, and use that information for God knows what. I believe this information could be going somewhere big, and cooperation’s are using all this information to gather opinions about the public and how we react to things. Another example of how the media controls us is by simple manipulation through facts. The Corona Virus is the perfect example. We have been told plenty of information since it started in January basically, and still some people are in their own world of what it going on. People should be told concrete information about something as big as this, but we have now accustomed to not fully believing everything we are told face value.

We are manipulated to give our full attention to the stories going on in the world, however when we take in this news as something true, we are confronted with the choice of ignoring the people who question it. It is true not everyone believes what they read online, but there are people out there that really do believe everything they take in. Those are the people who are easily taken advantage of y the media, and have trouble thinking for themselves. It is extremely important to have your own thought process to distinguish your opinions from what society is trying to get you to believe.