Thanks for reading and correcting for my essay. I appreciate your help <3 Wish you a nice day! Whoever controls the media also controls the opinions and attitudes of the people and there is little that can be done to recitfy it? To what extent do you agree or disagree? It is believed that there are some powerful people wo are taking a control of people’s opinions and attitudes through the media. Although media has influence on people, I still believe that people cannot be afftected fully but have their own points of views. Besides, there are some ways to reduce this effect before it becomes more serious. Clearly, people who control the media are usually celebrities, publishers, broadcasters or even governments. They broadcast songs, news and films that attract a large number of fans. As the result, they have effect on the way people think through the press. Nowadays, we have a broad range of media sources that are managed by powerful leaders in the entertainment industry available for us. However, we can choose the alternative sources that provide a healthy balance to the mainstream. These sources are run by people who want to expose the truth behind that others want to hide. For example, you can not turn to a traddtional newspaper for a car accident news because the transport company wants to limit this news to protect its reputation. Nonetheless, there are a lot of truth stories on the Internet posted by the witnesses. Now reducing the impact of media is gradually happening in our modern society. People usually show their own thoughts through statuses on online websites, topics and even through videos. This has been a clear evidence that social networks are widely developed and has connected people around the world. All kinds of matters might be discussed or debated via social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, weChat, etc. Obviously, we can see the media is lead by the things people care rather than by a group of people. To sump up, media plays an important role in the development of the thinking of people. Despite of a small influence of a group of people who controls the media on people, nowadays, people influence the media themselves. 1000 BIG thanks from me. <3