Wag the Dog and social construction of reality

My Understanding

Our reality constructs from our own consciousness. We believe as real what we see, we hear, we read. If we see something then we judge- ‘it is true.’ If we hear something we assume it as true. If we read about something then we start believing it as real.

As an example, some of us believe in “Ghost”, and some of us don’t. Now, why some people believe and other don’t? Those who believe they will say –‘I saw it.’ And those who don’t believe it they will say –‘I have never seen it, so why would I believe this?’


Wag the Dog

We saw in this film, a sex-scandal of a sitting American president was released in American media just two weeks before his presidential election. Some of his friends and followers ask for a help to a famous Hollywood producer. Then the producer produces a 'so-called' war story between America and Albania to divert the media and mass people from the scandal. Media and the people took this news very seriously and finally they became successful to divert the people.

Finally

This film clearly shows us how we construct our reality. According to this film, after publishing the scandal in the media, people took this story as true. But when they saw news of war they forgot the previous scandal and started believing that a war is going on between America and Albania. Now we can ask why the same people believe this two different story? Because these people saw these two different news with their own eyes from the media. So how can they deny? Which they saw and heard they believe. It is quite natural.

Another important thing I want to add that, media play an important role to influence people to construct their reality. What we informed from the media, we start believing in that without prior thinking. What actually happened in the film "Wag the Dog"