Topic 7 - Critical Reflection 2

The documentary entitled "The Power of Nightmares (Part 3 - Shadow in the Cave)" by Adam Curtis was shown in class on Monday. How do you relate the information given to you in the documentary to the theory of Media Imperialism that we talked about in lecture?

I did not quite understand the video and had to watch it a few times. But I feel that the video is definitely an eye opener to how the media can affect us in many ways and also it showed the effects of media. Media imperialisme. Media imperialisme is definitely here and probably happening without some of us even knowing. In the video's context, I feel that media were influencing the public on this existence of this particular terrorist group. I remember the part where the news reporter asked if they have captured any member of that particular group.. The answer was "no, we haven't capture any". When asked if they have killed any. The answer was "No, they have not killed any."

The terrorist group did not exist but it was the media that made it such a big fuss. In terms of media imperialism. I think media imperialism was definitely existing there in the middle east. I feel that the foreign countries will affecting by the media and they start bringing in military forces in and then the local people are affected as well. Thus, creating a sense of tension and there is no more unity there. But instead, trying their best to bring out the suppose, culprit.