Death that is displayed in the media is dramatized. The media controls what information you can get so they can make it more dramatic than it should be. For example, if someone has died and they struggled with addiction before, and the cause of death has not been reported, some people in the media may speculate that addiction was the reason for their death. The media can say anything they want without having all the facts, which can influence our perceptions of death and what we then think about it.

In news when someone dies headlines can be dramatic, especially when it is a celebrity. One example is a recent death, Matthew Perry, and an article from PEOPLE with the headline Matthew Perry’s ‘Friends’ Costars Speak Out After His Death: ‘We Are All So Utterly Devastated’ (Exclusive). While his death was devastating, this shows in some way how headlines are dramatic in death.

Although death should be taken seriously whether it is a celebrity or not, celebrity deaths are talked about more than people who may not be considered important to society.

But, in movies and television the producers also make death dramatic, usually if it is a main character. Most of the time the main character has a big reason why they died, and makes some what a big deal about it, so you would think death would be hard in real life. Death is a hard thing to accept especially if it is someone close to you, but in movies and television they make it seem worse than it might actually be. However, it truly depends on the person and their relationship with that certain person.