Written Task Idea

Topic:
Political and ideological influence of the media
"The true impact the media has on our lives"
Subject: The dangers of the media publicizing drinking
Text Type: Opinion Editorial
Audience: Readers of the BBC in the "Health" sections since I will also be talking about the dangers of drinking.
Purpose: Inform families and criticize the advertisements
Title: Is Drinking Actually That Fun?
Rationale:

I want to write about how drinking companies glamorize their drinks making them look as if one would have a better time while drinking, when actually it is not true. Also I want to criticize them for not including that under-age selling of these is illegal, so they make it look like people under 18 can buy drinks.

GTA's Mad World

Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is a worldwide known video game, and it is one of the best in its kind. It has to do with stealing, killing, and causing great destruction and damage within a city. Many of the people I know, including myself play this game. The thing lies in that we all know it is just a game. There are people outside our little bubble that think there is more to it than just a game. There are people who unfortunately are not sane and take this game into the real life. They let this game control their mind, and they believe that their life is the actual game and they are the main player. There have been many incidents regarding this game in Brazil and in the USA. In the USA one person played this game so much that he went to a barbecue in his neighborhood and started killing people, just the same way he had done in a previous mission in the game. That isn't the only incident regarding this game. In Brazil there was guy who played GTA for 37 hours straight, with no breaks for sleeping or for eating. By playing so long the game got sort of "injected" in his brain and as soon as he left his house, he went to weapon's shop to buy a gun and started to kill everyone and rob cars around the city. He got arrested and the selling of this game was prohibited in all of Brazil.

With these kind of incidents one can notice that videogames control minds, specially the youngster's ones, because they believe that videogames is everything there is in the world. With this one can realize that videogames actually do inspire violence, and it is no joke when parents tell their kids to stop playing because if not they will be violence maniacs. 

Facebook...Your Second Life?

Kids now a days, including myself, believe that multitasking is possible and that we always do it. When multitasking, what is usually the first thing in our list to open? Facebook. Yes, admit it. We say that entertainment and studying go hand by hand. But I can state, due to personal experience that this is not true. There is time to have fun, but there is also time to study and work, and one needs to be able to focus entirely to one thing. I have noticed that my best assessments are those ones I dedicate my attention and time completely to, without letting Facebook or the TV disconcentrate me. 

Recent studies have also showed that Facebook somewhat controls a person's mind and doesn't let them focus. Scientists studied 219 students, and those who studied for their final exams with Facebook on got 20% less score than those who focused merely on their studies. 

Not only is Facebook distracting for the mind, but it also eats it little by little. Once you create your Facebook account you are exposed to the whole world, and almost everyone can see your posts or pictures. Not only that, but you can also access all of your friend's information and chat with them. Facebook is now considered as a second life for people, since it is like having a real life just that online. Isn't it scary how one webpage can control the world?

Are You Killing Roger?

I have been a Roger Federer's fan for probably all of my life. Every time there is a news story about him I need to open it and read about it. Today I read that he had been threatened to death through the internet. Someone was going to take advantage of his stay in Shangai, were Roger is going to play a tennis tournament, and try to kill him. "On October 6th, I plan to assassinate Roger Federer with the purpose of exterminating tennis", was what the murderer posted on the Internet, way people started to know about the dilemma. After this incident the local people who were in charge of security for the tournament, called in more security people so that they could secure the place and check everyone in order to see if they had any possible weapons.
This could be looked at from many different perspectives. To begin with, the murderer might have actually wanted to kill the No. 1 tennis player in the world and the security has now done the right thing. But maybe, he or she had other intentions. Maybe the murderer just wanted to play around and wanted to see if he/she was capable of manipulating people. If this what they did, it worked because the Shangai Tournament put more security guards around the places Federer was hanging out in the city.
With this incident one can see that the media, in this case the Internet has the power to manipulate people into doing things. People believe most of what they see in the Internet and they start to guide their lives because of it.