Media The function of mass media in my opinion is to give the people what we want and what we think we want. Media is humanities window to the rest of the world and in turn informs us on how to view society as a whole. When I say "what we think we want" I mean to point out that we have to realize who controls the media, and certain motives they may possibly have to indoctrinate ways of life and perception.
Media in the past and currently has always had two sides to it; media/art from a genuine place of human expression and media/art that has a purpose to persuade and confuse the subject. The recent development in technology within the past few decades is an incredible progression to globalization and posses multiple outcomes in the realm of media. Either to liberate humanity (the essence of art) or to impose authority over the ways we consume media and therefore interpret the world. With the assistance of this globalization of media leads to more open minded content being spread but also leads to exponentially more misinforming and indoctrinating media. with the massive influx of this indoctrinating media barraging us 24/7 in the form of; ads, constructed songs, shows, social media, pornography etc. Now also targeting children, is domesticating humanity into docileness.
the truth is, indoctrinating media is here and that the rapid growth of it will indefinitely, shroud people's ability to discern what is good and what is bad for them to consume. I feel to combat this, is to recognize media consumption for what it is, and communicate as much as possible about it. Media is not evil, just maybe the people profiting from indoctrinating are. It gives me hope for humanity seeing the art that is being produced today. Entropy is on both sides of the problem rising exponentially in power and volume simultaneously and the unstable balance of creative expression and indoctrinating control is bound to break eventually. It is up to us when it will happen.