Media Reflection- Minyong Chung

The media that affects me the most is internet. As a high school student, I spend a lot of time researching for information in internet. Moreover, when I am not researching, I surf in the internet to look for information that I am interested in. In my opinion, internet is the combination of all the media. Nowadays, you can watch television; listen to radio, and read newspaper or magazine in the internet. It may not affect everyone in this world, since not everyone knows how to use the internet or cannot afford a computer. However, for me, internet is the source of most of things I know.

Yet, it is surprising to know how much internet can be inaccurate. For example, I used to believe that Wikipedia was very accurate, then, I learned that I was wrong. A lot of work in Wikipedia was done by non-professional writers, therefore, resulting in incorrect data and information. This affected me, since some things that I thought was right were wrong. Therefore, internet can affect me positively by providing me knowledge that I do not know, yet, it can affect me negatively by providing false information.