In medias res

"The study determined that the more time young adults use social media, the more likely they are to be depressed.” (Chowdry, n.d.) According to the survey, there is a direct link to the amount of time young adults spend online and people that exhibit symptoms of depression. The depression is called Facebook depression…

Facebook making us lonely?” Stephen Marche provides an eye-opening piece stating the long term effects that the internet and social media portrays on the human mind and body. He provides statistics and examples of how the internet can affect our health, however these health concerns may only be affecting you because you have let them. The author demonstrates that social media is giving users a scapegoat to avoid physical contact, which in the long run is creating further problems in loneliness…

Choosing the Right Social Media Channels The social media landscape evolves constantly with new channels and new features on established platforms, and restaurant owners often find the choices of where to invest their marketing resources somewhat confounding. However, choosing the right social media channels offers extraordinary benefits. Generated by individuals and by organizations, social media content uses text, audio, video, and images as the context for connecting with other people. Most…

That drops to 60 per cent among those aged 34 to 55” (Shaw, “Is social media making us rude?”). (What is significant about these figures is that more than half of social media users have said something rude or offensive about others.) In other words, more than half of the social media users are saying something rude or offensive about others. Clearly, too many people aren’t being impolite just by their nature. Social media is provoking them to be more aggressive, and providing them with easy…

A timeless challenge for media governance is Media Ownership. Whoever owns the media will be able to govern the media? Or should the media still be unbiased and not submit to the whims of ownership? Shouldn’t the media present and take care of the needs of its consumers? The philosophy that the market will take care of the needs of consumers is just that, a philosophy. Owners of media outlets can and do dictate the content as to not offend advertisers or to promote the company itself. A perfect…

Media coverage is a controversial topic in contemporary society. Racial issues, scandals, and celebrity updates plague television screens on a daily basis. These reports are oftentimes the only way or single source for keeping up with current stories. Having accurate and unbiased sources are the bright line for what makes great news. Although, some critique these outlets of only showcasing stories that grab in the ratings, lack truth, or just sensationalize the truth. Patrick Cockburn, a renown…

planning just wasn’t there, especially about the media log task. We all seemed a little overwhelmed by this assignment and it made it very hard to complete. I became very tired and worried as the due date approached and we hadn’t really communicated other than on blackboard. Our schedules didn’t connect so we wasn’t able to meet in person so we decided to email one another. A few of the members tried their best to think several ideas to complete this Media Log. I don’t know how to deal with that…

very significant because it makes a powerful argument about women in the media. The argument that this documentary makes is that women are not properly represented in the media and that they are both misrepresented and underrepresented and this is proven in numerous ways throughout the documentary. The way women, specifically women reporters, are addressed in the media is a very big problem. When they are shown in the media, people tend to attack women for things such as the way they are dressed…

Social media can be defined as something that people share information over, however some people may define social media as something that starts to take over someone’s daily routine. Social media, in means of communication is not something that is relatively new, however some of applications and websites we use are. Social media has changed the daily lives of Americans by setting standards, taking up time, creating distractions, and emotionally changing people. One of the earliest forms of…

communication is of vital importance in the media industry due to its fast paced nature. People working within this industry must have impeccable communication skills and this report will explore why this is essential. Within this report, a branch of the media industry, social media, will be analysed. As well as looking at this branch of the industry, this report will look at the different types of communication skills needed to succeed in using social media such as digital, visual and written,…