After watching the video, write a journal entry about how you think the media influences our understanding about cybersecurity
I think the media can often shape how people perceive the world of cybersecurity, and they tend to overexaggerate it. To keep engagement, they frequently depict it as fast-paced and flashy, speaking fake catch-phrases and terminology to make it sound “high-tech.” While this is entertaining, it creates unrealistic expectations about how cybersecurity actually functions on a day to day basis. There are a few examples in this video that do a pretty good job at sticking to some sort of reality. Mr. Robot, as she notes, does a good job depicting capture-the-flags, the environment, and the actual ideas and technology behind them. But, then again, Mr. Robot is a show specifically about cybersecurity and hacking. If it was not accurate to a certain degree, it would suffer critically, and not be nearly as good as it is.