UFO

AE2-A Writing Class SHOTA
UFO

I will write about why some people believe in the UFO’s and why some people do not believe in the UFO’s. The media that is just received or is active is influential. Do you think the media influence people’s beliefs about UFO’s? I want say that many people do not know, but their opinion is changed by the media, because it has big influence. The media has a lot of functions, effects and information which we do not know, so we have to know these facts to avoid misunderstanding or miscommunication.

The word “media” has a lot of meaning. For example, television, newspaper and radio are just received information. Anyone can search for it with the Internet. If the media is just received, many people take it as one-sided. On the contrary, the Internet is such that many people can search for information on the media. If we are just informed about UFO one way from mass media, it makes them prejudiced. On the other hand, when we use the Internet, in which we are able to get information by ourselves and exchange ideas with many people, we can hear both ideas, for and against, but it is difficult to find true information from a lot of mistakes or fake information.

However, if we compare two different kinds of media, passive media and active media, I think people believe passive media because passive media, like television, is more public and reliable. To talk about UFO in the US, it is many events and sightings such as Roswell. Broadcasts make special television programs like that for audiences. Also, they interview many famous people (who are president, FBI, and the department of defense) about UFO, and they show the scenes. When audiences watch the programs, they probably believe that UFO’s may exist. Thus, they can not deny it. The second reason is about the Internet’s information and their opinion is less reliable than one-sided. The Internet has information which almost the same as that on television programs. And we cannot believe the Internet user’s opinion in the Internet.

Fundamentally, we cannot believe things we do not see. So I have a question about why they change their opinion; how do they change their opinion about the future? If we used the mass media, our opinions change about things “we don’t know”. Before, usually they said “No, I do not believe in the UFO’s; but the media that used its power changes many people. If they will keep using this media, maybe we cannot believe anything. I think this variation in opinion is a big change.

I think the media influences people’s belief about UFO’s. Many people do not know if they have changed their opinion because of the media, but I think they need to know this action. I think the media inflences people’s belief about UFO’s.