How Does The Media Influence Cybersecurity Understanding?

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The media influences a lot about how cybersecurity, hacking and almost everything else is perceived by the public. Specifically regarding hacking, the media, such as TV shows, movies and even the news over exaggerates or dramatizes hacking. Some shows, like Mr. Robot, have extremely realistic hacking that uses real-world strategies and methods, but speeds up the actual time it would take to do those hacks successfully, for the sake of the show. Even the Matrix had a very realistic scene that used a real-world vulnerability. Some forms of media aren’t as realistic. They portray hacking as some futuristic and extremely intense process, with a ton of fancy animations and crazy devices. Sure, there are some similar devices to those you’ll see in the media, but nothing as powerful as they show in TV or in movies. The media relies heavily on the shock factor, and while it’s not as important in movies or TV, the news still makes hacking seem crazier than it is in reality.