Hostile media effect

The theory of uses and gratifications is analyzed in the article from October 21st. This article highlights the different gratifications obtained from using “new media.” Social prestige, emotional appeal, interpreting escape, boredom, simulation and just some of the gratifications analyzed within this article. This article also works well to analyze audiences and why we should pay attention to audiences in the news…

Campus violence can happen anywhere. It can happen at any college or high school in any state. In 2014, there was 27,000 campus crime incidents reported just at colleges. Most of the crimes reported were 13,500 burglaries which consist of about 50% of crimes in 2014. Another 25% is forcible sex offenses with 6,700 incidents. This was actually a 2% decrease from 2013 with 27,400 on-campus crimes reported. There are very many different types of campus violence that happens around the world and…

Social media has changed the world in many capacities some being positive and negative. Through statistics gathered at least 73% of all adults use social media, most of them being young adults (Quinn, 1). Keeping this in mind, we will see the major cause and effects of social media among the affluence which is the youth of today. One can see that social media can affect their health as well their relationships cause of the many established online today. It has also brought forth the sharing of…

culture and mass media in today’s society to have major influences on gangs and gang members. Today’s youth also has a crucial connection to the popular culture and mass media in that they are the biggest targets when it comes to gangs and its influence on youth. With today’s advanced technology there are four mass media outlets that influence gangs, which are news coverage, internet/social media, music, movies, and video games. Gangs weren’t frequently covered in the news media as often as…

Alas, one of the downsides of social media is that it has created the bravest yet cowardice men. Everyone has the chance to voice their thoughts, ideas and opinions from the safety of their own home, which means for those who have been keeping negative comments to themselves due to fear of confrontation can simply write it out on social media without holding back. Keyboard Warriors seem everywhere these days especially on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Tumblr. There are two types of…

advancing. Since its beginning, the media has made great strides to get to where it is today. Because of the progress that has been made, society in American has changed drastically. Over time, the media has developed and advanced to impact American culture in distinct ways. Because media is such a large part of today’s society, people often do not think about where it all started. It would be difficult to pinpoint exactly when it began because the creation of media in one way or another…

Social media is a combination of internet and other technologies that people use for social networking. These social media is becoming and is popular among people in this generation. The internet is making it possible for people to communicate even when they occupy the different physical location. A person on the western side of the globe will get to know whatever is happening in the east within a matter of seconds. The world is a global village since people can connect and pass important…

In life we generally tend to copy things. From deciding what electronic gadget to use, what to wear, what kind of car to drive, we are all in one way or another influenced by the media (social and commercial). Depending on the weight the media gives to a certain issue, its just normal to find ourselves pick a few aspects and tend to imitate them especially if they attract much attention (Hammond, n.d.). This can be disadvantageous if we start copycatting crimes and other vices due to the much…

explosion poses a series of negative effects, the channels of acquiring knowledge become increasingly abundant. The new media invented in…

In the modern day world, technology and participating in social media has become part of society’s everyday life. For example, if one forgets to bring a camera or map when travelling, it is no longer an issue because a phone’s camera and Google Maps can be used. The same can be said for computers when travelling for a business trip. However, this convenience has slowly turned into an addiction when that said piece of technology has to be brought along everywhere with its user regardless of the…