Mind Control || The satire in "Citizen Kane"

The famous classic Citizen Kane, by Orson Welles, lashes out at the way we are affected by the mass media. The film paints a stingingly clear picture of the malleability of the public opinion, and the power that the media possesses over it. The film outlines the life a newspaper tycoon by the name of Charles Foster Kane, showing the significant influence his newspaper had on politics, war, and the personal lives of several people. …

…attacks the gullibility of the general public, pointing out how easily it can be taken control of by one person. With his movie, Welles is trying to get us to realize that we are becoming slaves to the media. By exaggerating his message, he is making it more obvious, and easier for us to realize. The media can be informative, and entertaining, but our future will not be if we forget to think for ourselves.