Sambodhi (Indological research journal of L. D. I. I) (UGC Care Journal) ISSN: 2249-6661 Vol-44, No.-1, (VIII) April-June (2021) 142 Copyright ⓒ2021Authors MEDIA, A TOOL OF HUMAN TRAP Alekha Sachidananda Nayak Assistant professor, JMC, CUH Dr. Surender Assistant Professor, JMC, CUH Dr. Neha Bishnoi Assistant Professor, School of Education, Central University Of Haryana, Mahendergarh Abstract In the history of communication, one can clearly see how people use communication tools and skills to capture the minds of other people. It's an all-time topic for discussion, how mass media widely used to gain public support for both war and peaceful activity. Politician uses it to get votes, businessman uses it to sell their products, religious leaders attract others to be their follower etc. The intention to attract, motivate, control over others by communication tools may be positive or negative. This article critically analyses and interpreted how the recent communication practice act as a trap to capture individuals. This article discussed how a huge section of our society falling under the different trap of mindset and it is difficult for them to come out of it. This article was based on a critical observation on media practice in Indian subcontinent religion. Keyword: Mass Media, Social Media, Social trap Introduction Thomas Jefferson says “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter”. This article is not debating whether people should choose government or media but it discusses how media act as a human trap. Basically, human beings are the most sophisticated creation of this earth. The mind has made human a special creature. The body is the accumulation of food, water, and air whereas mind is a collection of information and its interpretations, it may be about experiences, emotions, knowledge, skills etc. With body and mind, one able to survive as an individual and part of society. Since the time, when human beings willing to use other species for their own interest they try to capture them physically and mentally. They use different types of tools and trap to capture wild animals. The most interesting fact is that human being not only uses tools and technique to capture animals and birds, but also they use all sorts of skills to control other human beings. Basically, one can be controlled by either physically or mentally. To control others, one must have a tool or mechanism to attract, hooked and instruct to work according to own interest. Human beings could behave near to any other animals if the social structures are not used to transfer the existing social and intellectual knowledge to the upcoming generation. “Social structure refers to the pattern of social relationships in society. Such structure regulates the interactions among members of the society, providing guidelines within the cultural norms for achieving the goals defined by cultural values. Generally, the social structure maintains