After watching the video, write a journal entry about how you think the media influences our understanding of cybersecurity?

From module 8, it makes me realize that many social forces can influence or shape some groups and individuals in society.  One of the social forces that have an important role in the present day is the media. It is a social force that everyone is familiar with and can see throughout society such as news, television shows, movies, etc. Media is a really useful tool in people’s lives to get information or entertainment for themselves, however, media also can harm people if media provide misinformation to the people that may lead the people to get the wrong concept from some topics. After I am watching the video, it makes me see clearly how the media influences our understanding of cybersecurity. If the media such as blockbuster movies present the correct information or knowledge about cybersecurity to the people, it will make people more understanding about cybersecurity and may use the information from that media to prevent them from victimization or practice cyber hygiene in cyberspace. However, if the media presents misinformation or the wrong knowledge to people, it will make people understand cybersecurity as the wrong concept such as cyberspace is pathologically unsafe and may lead people to overemphasize scary of cyberspace or may make them easily become a cyber victims from the misinformation they get. So, I think media is a double-edged sword for cybersecurity and should be more controlled to benefit society.