We The People

We the people make up the media. We shape the news, the media doesn't give us the news, we are the news. We the people need the news and we the people consume, discuss, and shape the news. Now more than ever this seems to be more and more evident and true. Media and Behavior go hand in hand and is fueled by public opinion and public discourse. This is why I feel my research is significant. Both Meyrowitz and Dr. Wesch convey the importance of public involvement in media. Public discourse and participation now drive the overall opinion and perception of modern social views with much more significance than in any other time.
Meyrowitz, simply conveys all theses ideas with the words "It is not so much that media affect people, as it is that people selectively use, and thereby affect, the media."

Dr. Wesch seems to display in a much clearer picture as to why "the people" affect the media and their direct roles within this phenomenon. He does this by simply using youtube as just one of the many avenues in which social interaction is the driving force behind all things. It's everything. Comedy, compassion, anger, dispute, and even love.

What these readings do for me is reiterate the fact that it is insanely crazy, for there to be one way or one person who is the mighty sage who reports, teaches, lectures, or even scolds those around him or her. It's a concept that has been in action for many many years and one that I feel is just now starting to change in a more positive, progressive, and public manner. This crazy idea, I feel, will never successfully be able to flourish again, simply because WE will not allow it.