Media Manipulation

It is imperative that we fully realize the subdued influence of corporate advertisement on our population, and vital to our survival that we take action. Underlying psychological harassment in many advertisements is greatly underestimated. A prominent audience of material possession grips our thoughts, gluttonizing every fixation. This cerebral absorption is difficult to control or predict. Fueled with passion, it provokes a sense of nonentity within. These feelings from publicized suggestions take control of wooed minds, resulting in a false sense of urgency to take action. If it is allowed to breed, destructive conclusions will occur and impinge on future and present existence armed with potential imagination. I pay close attention to details and carefully consider the relevance of the information and the source of all declarations I encounter.

Desire to manipulate minds in favor of a product, idea, or whatever the purpose, optimistically or pessimistically, is a rapidly growing field in our modern inquisitive workforce. Unfortunately, history has proven that information we obtain can be biased, and there are those who seek to take advantage of and exert the system. They are armed with concealed motives, strong manipulative skills and employ them to strategically market their opinions. I have grown, obtaining new perspective; I am motivated to live with a vigilant and ethical state of mind to resist all forces that wish to strip me of individuality. Raised in Western Europe, I moved to California at the age of 13. My personality was established by the time I began to bind myself to the social structure of America. One of the first things that I picked up on was a lack of interest in knowledge, paired with a thirst for popularity in our youth. People's opinions would change quicker than an actor's wardrobe. It seemed as if you were solely judged based on what you owned, who your family was, and the clothes you wore everyday. It became even more evident when my youngest brother began to form his personality around his peers and possessions. Oddly enough he was the only child from a family of six, to spend over half of his life in America. Needless to say he was the only one that was so devoted to creating a distinctly "popular" image of himself for his peers.

Dominant firms in our aggressive markets are selfish and manipulative. They endlessly campaign their products to enrich their pocket books, with little or no social responsibility in an environment in which they no longer have positive impact. Hours are spent in front of televisions, video game consoles, malls, and many other forms of