Matrix Concept Essay

The media is an extremely powerful source in society today. Surprisingly, many are unaware of this and choose to believe everything they read in magazines, newspapers and online without actually understanding where this information is coming from. This is a monumental problem in our generation today because like Malcolm X said, the media has the power to make the innocent look guilty and the guilty look innocent. In other words, the media has the power to manipulate our views and perspectives on controversial issues to persuade us to believe their

People whose self-concept high incongruence makes their experience contradict with their self-perception. Relatively incongruent self-concept leads to recurrent anxiety. There for from this anxiety they display defensive behaviour in order to relate their experience with their self-concept so that it will seem quite accurate, i.e. they protect their self-concept by displaying defensive behaviour of ignoring, denying and twisting reality (Wieten, 2014).

     Epistemology is the nature of knowledge. Knowledge is important when considering what is reality and what is deception. The movie “The Matrix” displays a social deception in which Neo, the main character, is caught between what he thought was once reality and a whole new world that controls everything he thought was real. If I were Neo, I would not truly be able to know that I was in the matrix. However, it is rational to believe that I am in the matrix and will eventually enter back into my reality later. The proof that that I can know that I am in the matrix and that I will return to reality comes from the responses of foundationalism, idealism, and pallibalism.

The media has been able to manipulate people by making them believe what they say. One example that satirizes the media is a movie called The Truman show. Throughout the Truman show, the main character, Truman Burbank, is trapped in a stage set which he perceives as the real world. As he has lived there for around 30 years he starts to get the perception of being in a false environment. The media plays a big role in our lives as Truman is exposed to the corrupt side of them.

Research methods are “the various specific tools or ways data can be collected and analysed, e.g. a questionnaire, interview, etc.” (Neville, C, 2007).

The philosophical justification for survey research is cost containment with a large volume of research. It is also one of the most efficient and quick methods to gather large amounts of information. Data analysis can be completed in a short period of time and generalization is better, particularly when the representative sample is of a population. It also helps elimination of bias in result interpretation as subjects have the ability to remain anonymous.

Hindsight bias- The tendency to believe, after learning an outcome, that one would have foreseen it. (I-knew-it-all-along phenomenon)

How does the media manipulate our perceptions? Media manipulation has been affecting our generation since the early 50s. In the 50s, TV commercials used the show babies drinking soda, Santa Claus offering cigarettes, and doctors recommending a specific brand of cigarettes. Those are the kind of manipulation tools the media used in the past. The question is, is the media still being manipulative in the 21st-century? Yes, the current generation is still being brainwashed and hypnotized by the media. Not only is it being manipulated in the media but also in literary works such as, "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan swift. Swift offers up one solution to food shortage which was eating babies. Swift argues that this will solve the hunger crisis, and

Research technique gathering information from a sample of people using questionnaires (which will be utilized later for primary data).

Two circumstances I can think of where in which I have employed self-handicapping in the past could be the time when I was around 16 years old, and I chose to allow my auto insurance to lapse although I knew the deadline was approaching. Instead of informing my parents because they held me accountable for making the payment. I chose to hide it, thinking I would be able to make the payment later. When in reality I could not afford to do so because I was a high school student working part-time. Although I felt once they found out about my insurance they would pay it so I wasn’t too concern with the consequences. Even though they did pay it, I ended up grounded due to allowing those charges to occur and accumulate. The second situation in which

Most sociological research on physical disability by using a labelling theory approach and focusing on the negative consequence of the stigma. Labelling behaviour as disability can provide the disability people with opportunities and whether labelling perspective has a negative or positive consequence on physical disability. Negative consequences would include restrictions on rights, limitations on life chances, limitations on future participation in society and employment difficulties for the individuals who are physically disabled, those all result in a negative

Propaganda is performed through print, audio, and visual mass media. It is used for the promotion of the public’s activities in their life such as purchasing goods through market propaganda, and it is also found in politics, foreign affairs, and in many other fields. Most importantly propaganda is depicted in the informercialization of the news, which is connected with subliminal advertising and commercialization of public events and individual promotion such in communication websites. However, there is great debate over propaganda and persuasion that is casted in the media, which I will be elaborating in this essay.

Researches performed over the years have indicated that media methods such as agenda-setting, priming, and framing are important factors in influencing and shaping of public opinion.

For example, if a President wanted to persuade us to support his new healthcare proposal, he would likely manipulate the medias impact on our views by displaying and airing various commercials and programs which bring light to certain hospitals, or health policies rise in providing wider more sufficient care to certain families without

In survey method research, participants answer questions administered through interviews or questionnaires. After participants answer the questions, researchers describe the responses given. In order for the survey to be both reliable and valid it is important that the questions are constructed properly. Questions should be written so they are clear and easy to comprehend.