Mass media is significant in shaping people’s ideas since humans’ way of thinking is depend on the recent information they learnt. In general, people usually depend on the mass media to know what is happening around the world which lead them to have different ideas on different conditions and cases like fashion, music, sports and politics based on the media. As mass media such as radio, television, newspapers, magazines and the Internet, which are intended to let a large audience to get the information of the latest things, it is natural for the society to use it to be in the mainstream, the universal thought of the perceived preponderance. It is imperative to consider whether the mass media is influential in people’s everyday life because
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Habits of drinking alcohols, smoking cigarettes and having tea or coffee have now spread throughout the world through the mass communication devices. People have changed their ways of thinking by learning the facts that the media shared. For example, most of the girls nowadays in Myanmar started to drink alcohol as the Korean drama series are distributed. Teenagers also started to think that it is okay to get into relationships, which is unacceptable in most of the Asia countries. Children begins believe in the fairy tale stories which do not even exist and trying to imitate the story characters. Obesity is also a problem that people face recently. Most people sit in front of the televisions and the computers without doing physical exercises due to the improvement of technology, making people inactive and gain more weight (Manohar, 2012). Even so, there are also some good points about the impact. People can improve their cultural intelligence or CQ so that there will be fewer misunderstandings when collaborating with foreigners not only in business, but also in education and political …show more content…
Nowadays, teaching and learning styles in class are not the same as the methods of studying in last century anymore – traditional teaching style is becoming outdated and old-modern. Students as well as teachers make use of the mass media like Internet and websites in order to be more updated and more theoretically experienced. Students can now utilize all available resources for their assignments and researches through the electronic devices with the development of science and technology. Yet, some students misuse the opportunity. They exploit it to play games and watch movies online instead of learning new things in lessons times. For example, children spend most of their time playing online games, using social media, chatting and watching movies, which leads to decrease in their school grades – they have less time to study their lessons. Moreover, it makes them become unhealthy. Focusing on the screen of the computer or television cause the big effect on their vision, rooting for the poor eyesight. Another point of disadvantage is that children learn wrong things from the media. Students might get wrong facts by surfing the inadaptable
Habits of drinking alcohols, smoking cigarettes and having tea or coffee have now spread throughout the world through the mass communication devices. People have changed their ways of thinking by learning the facts that the media shared. For example, most of the girls nowadays in Myanmar started to drink alcohol as the Korean drama series are distributed. Teenagers also started to think that it is okay to get into relationships, which is unacceptable in most of the Asia countries. Children begins believe in the fairy tale stories which do not even exist and trying to imitate the story characters. Obesity is also a problem that people face recently. Most people sit in front of the televisions and the computers without doing physical exercises due to the improvement of technology, making people inactive and gain more weight (Manohar, 2012). Even so, there are also some good points about the impact. People can improve their cultural intelligence or CQ so that there will be fewer misunderstandings when collaborating with foreigners not only in business, but also in education and political …show more content…
Nowadays, teaching and learning styles in class are not the same as the methods of studying in last century anymore – traditional teaching style is becoming outdated and old-modern. Students as well as teachers make use of the mass media like Internet and websites in order to be more updated and more theoretically experienced. Students can now utilize all available resources for their assignments and researches through the electronic devices with the development of science and technology. Yet, some students misuse the opportunity. They exploit it to play games and watch movies online instead of learning new things in lessons times. For example, children spend most of their time playing online games, using social media, chatting and watching movies, which leads to decrease in their school grades – they have less time to study their lessons. Moreover, it makes them become unhealthy. Focusing on the screen of the computer or television cause the big effect on their vision, rooting for the poor eyesight. Another point of disadvantage is that children learn wrong things from the media. Students might get wrong facts by surfing the inadaptable