Claire's Media Blog

          On Sunday a peaceful march of Central American migrants attempting to escape a Mexican police blockade tried to reach the border in Tijuana that bridges the gab between Mexico and San Diego. This peaceful march went terribly wrong when these migrants were met with less than a peaceful response from the United States Customs and Border Protection agency, who fired tear gas on the individuals attempting to cross. This situation, in my opinion, is horrendous and frankly a breach of human rights, and in my mind the media would agree. Shockingly I was mistaken, in fact I had to reread certain articles on the account that I did not believe I was reading an article about the same incident that forced the mother and children depicted above to flee from tear gas. I read two articles, one from the more liberal New York Times and another from the more conservative, The Hill. From each I received a very different account of what happened this past Sunda...

My Relationship With Media               My relationship with the media is a tumultuous one. From Snapchat to Instagram a large part of my free time is spent engaged with the media. These social media platforms are constantly in use by me and my friends, therefore I am almost never detached from them. They cause me to become more distracted from important tasks and most likely distances me from reality. Both of these consequences are undoubtedly negative, however I doubt I would give social media up any time soon. Despite the known effects social media has on my life I rely on it to keep me connected and also provide me with a needed distraction from the difficult things in life. This all culminates to form a fairly unhealthy relationship with social media, which is merely one aspect of the media.           In addition to social media, something else that I interact with daily, are advertisements. Whether its on my p...