Media and Its Effects on Society

Media has had and continues to have a tremendous effect on our society.  It is extremely interesting to note the affects and power of advertising.  For instance, propaganda, a form of advertising, has been used through out the years. During the rise in Communism, slogans and rhetoric influenced people into being for the party.  These ideas were not bad, wanting to promote equality and such; however, it did lead to a corrupt totalitarian version of China.  It will be interesting to see China progress throughout the next hundred years, as they are now totalitarian, yet support capitalism because that boosts the economy.  Our economy has not been doing too well recently, and media that promotes the flow of money is greatly beneficial at a time when the movement of money seems to be more sedentary than it was before. In the past, media such as Rosie the Riveter made a huge impact, as it influenced American women to go out into the workforce.  Today, beneficial media would help stimulate the economy.  However, living in society today, we are constantly being exposed to thousands of ad campaigns each day from seeing labels, commercials, product placement, and more.  Although we are constantly being pitched at, we are not completely immune or uninfluenced by the media.  Hopefully, this will help give us a chance to stimulate the economy.