Nothing is as it seems: the distortion of reality through media

Welcome to 2024; we are living in the digital age. Most of us wake up, look at our cell phones, and allow the virtual world to occupy the real one. Even though the screens used exist on a two-dimensional glass plane, we are pulled into their deeper dimensionality. Digital technology has permanently altered the structure and chemicals in our brains, leading to lower attention spans and pleasure (Pepperdine Boone Center). In the evolution of media, it has become harder to distinguish what is accurate from manipulation and to see how our minds are affected by the spread of ideologies.