Outside Readings- Mediated, Rawley

I had to read a book by Thomas De Zengotita for my persuasion class this semester. The book is called Mediated. In this book, De Zengotita writes about how we are so self-centered that we don't even realize how easily manipulated we are by the media and television. He calls this idea the MeWorld. When I was reading this book, it made me upset because I realized that I am just as guilty of being most concerned with myself and what I can get. The reason that I was the most upset was because we are called to put others before ourselves but when we are put in a sitation, we end up looking out for ourselves. This whole book was like a big slap in the face. It is so obvious after reading this book that we are so easily manipulated by television. We think that everything should entertain us and if it doesn't, then we don't give our attention to it. De Zengotita says that the people that we are giving our attention to have figured this out so they are going to cater to it. Because of this, we aren't getting the whole truth of things and we are forced to be biased because the people that we give our attention to are biased. This is also dangerous because we aren't formulating our own opinions and the people that we are looking to to solve our problems are not the Creator of our universe. We are always looking for a quick fix and not trusting that God has a bigger plan.