Response to Group 3

In response to group 3′s presentation, they brought up a fantastic point/question asking are we controlling the media or is our media controlling us? I say that it is controlling us by means of us controlling it. What I mean by this is we as humans have the ability to control what we CAN control, meaning checking our emails, facebooks, twitters, etc., but at a certain point, these media(s) start to control us because we can become obsessed with them, and let them overwhelm and control our life. But to what extent do we owe the attention to? Why do we as people keep falling into the same trap when something new is introduced as per social media? The way they are marketed to us is a major factor, as everything is consumer driven especially after it is known that its a popular “thing”. Facebook for example was not here, and then all of a sudden, its literally everywhere; pre-loaded on phones, ‘follow us on FB’ is now located somewhere on just about every webpage as well as twitter, and just selling/buying products that let one use facebook or twitter. Its everywhere, and we are becoming robots. You walk down the street and everyone is buried in their smartphones, using some sort of new media.