At first, I was not interested to go and listen at the seminar that will be held on our school’s auditorium. Reason is, a seminar about media literacy is so common. I want something more - something that will make me excited.
However, as the seminar started with a video of Marcos’ deeds being compared to Cory’s, that stopped me dead in tracks. My father admires Marcos so much and I bet he’ll love it if he watch it. Moreover, as my father keeps on boasting about Marcos and what he has done for the pride of the Filipino, I became an instant admirer of him as well. Adding the video that we’ve watched, I can say that Marcos sure did a great job and news media is nothing but a lie.
The seminar started well as it started with two video presentations. However, as I sensed from the beginning and even before I entered the auditorium, the latter part of the seminar bored me as information about media literacy and how it affects people, is already overheard. These are relevant things indeed but I’m one of those who have attended these kinds of seminar, a million times.
Sad truth is, nothing changed. Media is something people cannot really trust. From social medias, to report news, it may either be understated or overstated, a truth or a lie.
Commending to the speakers, they are all knowledgeable about the topic to the extent that I felt like I’m into the news writing. There were jokes but I’m afraid it didn’t hold the audience’s attention. There was also a Q&A portion but I bet their lips are sealed as it showed how cautious they were to answer questions about the presidential election.
Social Media is indeed has been the greatest source of entertainment for every millennial youth nowadays but we shall not be easily deceived by what we see.
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