The modern world has been subjected to an influx of technological advancements that make it difficult for people to keep up with the times of the cyber world. In particular, with the birth of the Internet, the circulation of information has never been easier and even worldwide circulation is now possible with a simple click of the mouse. The 21st century also marks the era of globalization, a movement that is redefining individuals' preferences and changing how they react to each other. When advances in information technologies are added to globalization, a reaction occurs, the product of which is something called media. The media is the personification of public opinion with an argumentative edge (Fordham, 3). Over time, the edge may become too sharp or too blunt; therefore, the society becomes partial. Media bias is one of the issues that affects people the most in terms of appearance and status. Media bias is shifting public opinion and perception of beauty in a completely new direction, particularly when it comes to eye candy. Eye candy is, as the term suggests, representative of any physical change or alteration that people have made to their bodies to appear more physically attractive to the public. Fordham (2008) makes this clear by exemplifying the city of Beirut to show how the Lebanese obsession with plastic surgery has reached and is still reaching its peak as a function of time. In Beirut, women can go so far as to modify every part of their body in the hope of resembling the models who appear on the covers of magazines like Vogue. They treat their legs with lasers, their breasts with silicone, and their stomachs with liposuction operations, and Fordham (2008) even goes so far as to say “you could bounce a squash ball… down the middle of paper… .. .te, which involves forcing people to watch the same one-hour movie every day at 6. It is brainwashing, as is the media in the modern world (Orwell, 88). (2008, August 15). Bombs and Botox in Beirut: How do you experience life in Lebanon? Get a nose job. Retrieved March 2012 from http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists. /guest_contributors?article4532900.eceYoung, Toby (2007, September 29). Facebook versus MySpace is precisely the way the Web 2.0 world expresses U and non-U. Retrieved March 2012 from http://www.spectator. co.uk/the-magazine/life-and-lives/202826/part_3/facebook-versus-myspace-is-just-how-the-web-20-world- expresss-ue-nonu-thtmlZuckerberg, Mark Internet New York: Permagon (2010) - 59-67. Print.Orwell, George. 1984 Buckinghamshire: Oxford (1949) - 87-91 Print