Storytellers

The first chapter of our mass comm textbook was interesting. It is true that every culture has storytellers. To quote the book: "A culture's values and beliefs reside in the stories it tells." The mass media is, for a large part, the storytellers of our culture. They have a unique ability to change and mold culture. This is kind of scary when you look at the mass media sometimes. It reiterates the importance of being media literate. As an individual consumers of media in this culture it seems like you are just bombarded with information on a constant basis. It is becoming more and more important to be able to step back and analyze all this information on your own schedule and not the on the media sets. When you just believe everything you hear, you are bestowing upon the media a credibility that is more or less not deserved. Be careful to make your own decisions and be aware of the impact of those decisions. There is a lot of insight into our culture if you take the time to digest the stories that are being told in our culture.