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 * If we could cause an event to bring awareness to media manipulation, what would it be?**

In order to bring awareness to how the media manipulates us, I propose that we create a hoax on a podcast and even air it on a non-government funded program. If we could bring awareness to how easily manipulated we are to what the media has presented to us, we can reach people and give them food for thought. The below videos are examples of how effective the media is at manipulation us in believing.
 * < [[image:Japan.jpg caption="Japan earthquake caught on camera" link="@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPkNrUiupgE"]] ||< Video 1 : We are drawn to click on the link because the picture displays a huge fissures on the highway. Also, because the Japan earthquake, tsunami, nuclear leak, happened one after the other, our emotions were running high. this video was added 2 years ago and recieved ** 262,120 views ** and because it coincided with the Japan disaster there was a spike in views recently. (watch video now) How did you feel when watching this video and how did you feel afterwards? ||
 * < [[image:Spider.jpg caption="Crack Spiders" link="@http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHzdsFiBbFc"]] ||< Video 2: This video is manipulative because the first few moments of watching it has a very serious attitude and in the society we live in, it would not surprise anyone if these experiments actually occured. This video was added 4 years ago and recieved ** 26,183,713 views. ** How effective is it at enticing people to watch it? (watch video now) When did you switch from serious to relaxed? How believable would this advertisment be if aired on TV? ||

People are very impressionable and can be led to believe almost anything. The media is used to inform the public but the information is screened so what you receive is not full coverage. This selective screening process allows for thought control, because when information is processed, the thoughts viewers have are based off that information. Although some media is truthful, everything must be taken with a grain of salt because one can never fully know what is real and what is fake. People will go to great lengths to trick others, and media is constructed by people, therefore, the media cannot be trusted entirely.

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The current federal election campaign presents an excellent opportunity to make media manipulation an issue that is discussed and brought to an end, especially in the political realm where public opinion and media reporting form the foundation for the beliefs expressed by society. People should ask their candidates what their media strategies are and they should pay attention not only to the news that is reported but also to the releases sent out by parties, and they should compare their favourite news source to the actual releases.