Is 1000 Words Always Enough?

 
 
In today's society, news is plastered all over social media, usually just a summary of the incident followed by a picture. From just a picture and a few simple words, creates reactions and feedback from everyone. But is that enough to describe what the picture, and the incident itself? No matter how many words we are presented with, we must consider the source we are receiving it from. We are usually being indoctrinated by the biases of the network/source, meaning we are only being presented with the way they want us to perceive the situation, also known as the dominant reading. We need to remember this, gather all the facts and opinions and then form an educated negotiated reading. For example, in the situation dating back to a few months ago where a female cop is being beaten by 2 Brampton girls was plastered all of every social media outlet. The video just featured the scene of the officer getting smacked in the face multiple times by two high school girls. In this incident, many were blaming the officer for not handling the situation correctly because she took the beating, however we weren't informed what happened before the incident or why. First off the whole ordeal was conveniently recorded by someone from a distance. Perhaps the female police officer saw that someone was recording this situation and did not want to act against them because of fear of losing her job, or facing charges and/or commotion against cops contributing to racism, which has been a growing issue in today's society. There are many possibilities that could explain the situation so we cannot believe the first view we hear, or else if we continue to do so, we will be a generation of ignorant robots.