MEDIA EVENTS
Television and (17)__________ of the media confuse me. Sometimes I’m not sure (18)__________ I saw on TV and what I experienced in “real life”. I live in Los Angeles, where (19)__________ are many TV and movies studios. Often in public places, I see people (20)__________ look familiar to me. But did I meet them (21)__________ or did I see them on television? In addition, many “important” events in the news happen in my city. I can go to the event, or I can watch it happening on the screen. So many real happenings in the news-earthquakes and fires and murders and trials and so on become “media events”; in the other (22)__________, they grow “bigger than real life”. After I watch them for many hours, I get confused. What is my life and what did the people in media create for me?