Media - A Powerful Influencer

Ever wondered why the so many "new" things have cropped up gradually over the last few decades which were absent around roughly a 70-100 years back? By "new", I mean the following: - Words/phrases (example: "f" words) - Fashion (example: micro mini trends) - Plastic surgery (example: lip/nose jobs) - Family systems (example: extremely nuclear families)

- Foods (example: processed foods)

and the list goes on...

So how come so many of these have crept and became so popular, in fact considered the only way of "common" lifestyle?

Media! Our brains have been programmed in such a way that "whatever" media writes/telecasts/plays, we automatically strongly believe that that's the "right and only" way of living. For some of us, who might doubt the media, we are left with not much of a choice except to follow others' path of following the media trends, out of the fear of being "cast out" or the human desire of wanting to "fit in the society".

We've lost some beautiful cultures, beautiful ways of living, beautiful fashions, natural appearances and beautiful languages due to the influence media has on our brains. It takes a strong mind, and some common sense to decide the "rightness" in most things and it's not easy to not follow the influences of media, especially when most of the rest of the world is religiously getting influenced. I hope I had given my readers a good topic to ponder more upon.

P.S:  Media in this article in general includes - Movies, News (Print/Internet - all kinds of news ranging from geopolitical, financial, fashions, medicine etc.,), TVs, Radio, Social Media in general.