Perception = Reality ?

                



    Recently some events here and overseas have set me thinking, if one has developed perceived ideas or views based on what he sees or experiences, then it will form his opinion on the subject ; what happens when he or she is not there to witness firsthand ? Then the media, local print or social media will be the first line of receiving that data or information.

    It is intuitively true that some media, social or print, will tend to have an innate bias, or slant towards their own society or government, even so called International magazines and print newspapers like Time, Newsweek, Financial Times and Asian Wall Street Journal will present a fairly rosy picture of their 'home turf' and sensationalise the problems of other countries 'out there'. It gives a 'feel good' factor to those (say Americans) who read about the problems in Europe and Asia without stepping out or even experiencing first had what had just taken place in, say, China, or Pakistan.  Hence there is a 'perception bias' created by the media to us, the recipients. Whether you and I are aware of it or not, is very critical to know if we want to create an independent mind, with independent decisions based on unfiltered information.  

    Even when the media is doing its job of just reporting freely and fairly, but if the entire event was staged to cause a certain perception, and the media is none the wiser, we the recipients of that piece of information of will be led to think, 'hey this is how it is' . We will tend to form our opinions and beliefs based on what we see, read but not experience. 

    With repeated instances of the same issue cropping up, we, in our busy lives, will take the repeated occurance and plant it into our concious  and subconciousc mind, hence, confirming the 'fact' and it becomes 'reality'.

    I will cite some examples in another post. Seize the Day.