Within the essay, the concept of “infrustructuralism,” which is described as the background phenomena that occurs in order for a network, or any other functioning entity to operate. I believe that within televised media, the mediated networking acts as a lens for this concept due to the amount of backings, as well as background phenomena that occurs in order for the media to be televised. However, due to the amount of occurrences that are necessary to occur in order for the media to be televised, the media is inherently mediated. Infrustructuralism indirectly influences televised media to be mediated due to the amount of thought and phenomena, as mentioned earlier. Because these happenings remain unknown to the audience or consumers of the media, the audience may be under the impression that the televised media is truthfully reliable, however the media has undergone many rounds of review and editing in order for the media to be televised. Within the process of reviews, the thoughts behind the media may be molded and changed. Therefore, to an unknowing audience member, this mediation may be harmful. However, not only are the producers of the media part of the infrastructure, the consumers and audience members are part of the infrastructure as well; because they consume the media, the connection they build with the media forms a network relationship between the two, thus emerging an influential relationship between the two. This dynamic forms infrastructure, however ultimately, the influence televised media has over it’s audience may be harmful due to the hidden occurrences that are processed in order for the media to be televised.
