This post agrees with my overall purpose of the blog. The theme of the essay is the way the media influence the public’s perception of medications. Our society is so heavily influenced by the media to the extent that whatever the media says must be the truth.
The media can be at times a manipulative medium. The company of the prescription drugs are obviously trying to put the medications in the best light possible so they are going to minimized the exposure of the side effects and emphasize the good points. As a result, the general public receives a false perception that the medications aren’t harmful and overconsumption of these medications will not kill them.
These “false” advertisements affect the public, especially the teenager population in a negative aspect. Teenagers don’t understand the harm in taking these drugs so they abuse the medications in order to achieve a state of happiness. They see the actors on television in a state of happiness and relief when they take the medications so the consumers want to achieve the same effect. But people should think twice but it’s too late to prevent the deadly consequences from happening.