HuiJun (how has new media changed our lives)

New media greatly affects our lives because it has the power to change and influence our thoughts. This is sometimes positive and sometimes negative. In the internet websites such as the facebook, Wikipedia and blogs, people are given the freedom of speech to voice out their opinion about anything and everything. For example, singapore’s most well-known blogger, Mr Brown, shot to fame during the elections with this riotously funny ‘tua kwa’ podcast.This podcast recorded an argument between a minced meat noodle seller and his customer over a botched order. It implicitly poke fun at the PAP. Mrbrown, with the help of media, changed his life and became a ‘voice’ representing Singaporeans in critising some of the government’s actions. Nevertheless, media brought about devastating harm, especially on youths. Youths spent most of their time on internet or gaming. They became engrossed in media and are ‘hooked’ onto it. For instance then-21-year-old Shawn Woolley played hours of the online game Everquest before fatally shooting himself while sitting in front of his computer. Media can distort the mind of consumers and sometimes confused them of the right and wrong.