Vincent Farino Media- choice reading

We live in a mediated world constantly bombarded with some form of media and rhetoric. I believe that media has a huge influence on how we live our lives. Rushing and Frentz (1995) authors of Projecting the Shadow, believe that “we are constantly bombarded by images which decay at an accelerated pace, and this creates a profound sense of impermanence” (p. 14). These authors believe that images and rhetoric are one in the same because of the power that we give these mediated influences. Rushing and Frentz (1995) note, “we must become aware of and accept responsibility for how we ourselves fuel the story” (p. 4). How we identify with these stories through our own experiences can fuel the images that we see in film and could even persuade or influence our own intellect by how we internalize the images that are viewed.