| In what ways are people manipulated by the media that they consume? Make sure to give specific examples. We are manipulated by the media we watch every single day. For example, we see this during every election year. We watch the campaign ads that just contain a lot of bad-mouthing one candidate or the other, instead of giving people the information they need to make the proper choice on who should be the next president. These ads, brainwash people into picking the candidate that can out due the other. Another example would be when kids watch TV ads for toys and products that are aimed at them. The manufactures use catchy music, flashy images, and other techniques to get the kids to feel that they NEED this product. One of the best examples would be the Power Rangers toy commercials from when I was a kid, they used images from the popular kids show to entice kids into the idea that they could be power rangers by buying the toys. What types of consequences can follow from people having more choices of what media they can consume? Some of the consequences of having more choices of what media we consume can be both positive or negative. If we have only one type of media to look at we could be missing a piece of important information on very controversial topics because media can be biased. If we have too many choices in media, we would be able to see all the sides of the argument. Do we control our media or does it control us? What can people do to break free from media hypnosis and have broader, more objective points of view? The media tends to control our point of view. We tend to stick with a certain newspaper or TV station to get our news and information. In order to break free of this media hypnosis, we could make a point to read a different newspaper along with the one we usually do, or watch more than one TV station news broadcast. In what ways, might we strive to overcome confirmation bias? We can overcome confirmation bias by doing a lot of research on a certain topic so that we can double check our assumptions. | 
