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Role of Mass Media - Coggle Diagram

- - - - They can also 'burn' the media they don't want to show you or what will go against their belief
    - - The media can show you what they want to get you on their side
      - The term 'Parlour Walls' or 'Parlour' is given to televisions as they come in such extravagant sizes.
        
        Informal diction is used when the author Ray Bradbury, creates a 'new to us' slang word.
    - - Being able to self reflect lets us fix ourselves and lets us look at and learn from the mistakes we made. Although, with us being caught up on what's happening today or tomorrow, we forget about yesterday. Granger said that this is the only way for society to fix itself.
        
        "Come on now, we’re going to go build a mirror factory first and put out nothing but mirrors for the next year and take a long look in them” (Bradbury,108).
  - - - "The camera fell upon the victim, even as did the hound. Both reached him simultaneously. The victim was seized by Hound and camera in a great spidering, clenching grip. He screamed. He screamed. He screamed!" (Bradbury, 99).
        
        "They didn't show the man's face in focus. Did you notice" (Bradbury, 100)?
        
        To make themselves look good, the media, and police have killed an innocent man to show they caught the suspect, but they 'burned' showing his face. Now the world thinks Montag is dead.
        
        This can relate to when the U.S. had invaded Iraq because they had weapons of mass destruction, and the U.S. wanted to remove the regime. Although, later it was reported that the U.S. had forged some evidence to allow them to enter Iraq.
        
        So, did Iraq really invade Iraq to destroy the terrorists, or did they want to destroy the country to get the oil, to make sure no country can go neck and neck against them.
  - - - It begs the question: "Were the missiles actually made in Iran, or was the headline altered to fuel Saudi Arabia's rivalry against Iran?
- - - - This describes the picture of Guy, pouring Kerosene upon the books to feed the fire. The python referring to the spout of the pipe. The author uses this to show the superiority, and the immense grip and control of the law, by referring to spitting upon the world.
        
        Comparing mass media to the python, and the kerosene to the information. The role of mass media is displayed as the media pours information on to discerning viewers and being their only major source of information
    - - "A book is a loaded gun in the house next door" (Bradbury, 58)
        
        In the novel, books are illegal becuas ehtye cause uproar and unhappiness amongst the world and its people. So, in order to maintain the happiness of the population they have banned books, people can't disagree if they don't have opposing beliefs
        
        Media can be the book, it also is a loaded gun as it is ready to release any news, or have any breaking headlines it wishes to boost the influence, popularity, or to go against their opposition.
    - - "The small motion, the white and red colour, a strange fire because it meant a different thing to him. It was not burning; it was warming" (Bradbury, 97)!
        
        We something that burns usually destructs something a long the way. A fire that burns has a negative connotation, while a warming fire has a positive more heartfelt connotation.
- - - - The water being poured is the information the media collects, and then them telling us its wine is when they can manipulate it to make a different story which may not be the truth, or it may be a slight stretch