The Limited Power of Media

On Wednesday, I wrote an opinion piece about the effect of the MMORPG, World of Warcraft and the addiction the game creates. Also about the social problems it creates. Any who, we posted it on our newspaper website, just like we do with all our stories, and to my surprise, no one commented on it.

I thought that all of nerdom would have a strong opinion about the addiction of WoW. But nope. Maybe they were all sleeping, or maybe they just don't read the newspaper. Maybe both? Who knows. Basically there was no response.

Maybe the players are aware of their addictions and just choose to ignore the fact they are addicted. As far as people agreeing with me who don't play but know someone, I was also surprised that no one commented on it. I would have loved to create some sort of controversy like some of the other column writers have done this semester, but I guess everyone agrees with me.

I am going to try to screen shot the story and post it up later for people who have not read it. But as far as I see right now, the power of the media and the ability to reach people is limited.