Influence of American Media

  Our culture runs through the media like blood through veins. It shows the true expression that makes this country so beautiful and unique. Because America is the melting pot of all ethnicities and cultures, we as individuals work to add our own flare and our own flavor to the masses. Music, movies, and television all show these expressions, strengthening or separating the glue that all bonds us. People in this country react differently to each genre of the media, but all media spreads the same basic message. All send a message of love, a message of self worth, a message of concern, and a message of hate or fear. We need all these messages to function as human beings.           

            Since I was young boy, music and television have influenced my life. I remember the songs my mom and dad sang in the car on the way to my grandparents each summer. They were songs filled with adoration and excitement. My parents were a product of the 50s and 60s, expressing the Love and moral values of the period. The music they listened to and the television they were exposed to helped mold and shape their lives. Just as all Americans, each movie we watched together or song we sang linked and gave us that love that we share today.

             Memories such as these play a big part of every Americans life. Our culture shines even though we might not even notice it. Songs we sing, movies we share, and all are signs of an ever-growing, open-minded style. Since, its birth, America has shared its emotions and views to the rest of the world through its artistic hue and spectrum, leading the way for others to follow.