Media studies

SUMMARY (ABSTRACT) Now days it is seen that informal communication is a very common practice in organizations. Informal communication includes gossips, false reports, hearsay, and rumors. Informal communication can play both positive and negative impact on an individual. To review the impact we conducted this research to view how much informal communication effects people working in an organization. A survey was done, with total of 200 participants from which 125 were males and 75 were females…

Advertising has been around for a long time. It’s necessary to inform people about the hip new product that’s out if you want them to buy it. Over time, though, advertising has changed, along with the generations and to follow society’s rules. In the 19th century, advertising was simple and straightforward, they show you a product and its information, then you would either buy it or refuse. Now, in the 21st century, advertisements have more thought in them, with compositions, colors, and…

how external negative influences have caused teenagers to constantly be apprehensive of their appearance to others. Due to the technology, media and literature we have today, it is easier and easier for teenagers to access the unrealistic expectations set by contemporary society and the media. Recently, many “body challenges” have surfaced, using social media as a platform. Some of these claim to be inspiring and motivational, when in fact, they are helping to increase teenager’s insecurities.…

Before taking music 111, I only know little about music with few preconceptions. First preconceived idea which I hold was players who can play by ear are naturally genius or just a special gift. However, from the lecture, “Oral Tradition” and Lilliestam’s article I got the idea how the players can play by ear. In his article, "On Playing By Ear", Lars Lilliestam compared music to spoken language. He described as if we learn a variety of phrases, we can use the language in certain situation. Same…

Body Image Media, toys and television have become a huge part of how people see themselves. These predominate messages that are sent out to society affects the way people look at themselves more and more, and causes a negative outlook that can lead to eating disorders. Many men, women and children look at themselves negatively, especially when it comes to their body image. Media and children’s toys have an effect on a person’s body image because the messages of people in society being skinny…

Is social media ruining our lives and society. Should you limit yourself from your cellphone to outside to hang out with friends or family that your texting over the phone. Kerry Coppinger argues that Snapchat is ruining our lives and we’re to blame. Social is great for society because if you and your friend or family live in another state or country you can keep it touch with them through social media. Although that’s does sound nice but it causes people to stay inside or stay on the phone all…

The media has huge power on the way it is able to influence its audience. Although some media can be positive, much the medias influence has negatively affected youth today. In the show Modern Family, it aims to portray a contemporary view of American families. Although most research on body image has focused on white girls and women, body image concerns also affect women of color, specifically among Latinas. The purpose of this paper is to understand how the media creates stereotypes that…

Convergence has changed traditional broadcast journalism as much as it has changed print media. In fact, American media companies continue to take solid steps forward by merging diverse media outlets such as newspapers, television broadcasting, radio broadcasting with online journalism (Huang, et al., 2006). Successful journalists must be a jack of all trades in order to succeed in the competitive world of broadcast journalism. The days of merely standing in front of a camera operator with…

Social media is a huge part of people’s daily lives, considering it is easily accessible on mobile or other technological devices. Since the emergence of the Internet, social media has emerged for people to share their lives, ideas, thoughts and other aspects of their lives to others in a public forum. Due to the fact that social media is also used as a widespread platform for news, gossip, and other forms of media, people can also easily access countless types of sources at their disposal.…

The question at hand is how does social media influence our behavior and is this positive or negative. One area of controversy is social media’s effect on body image. Our culture has set unrealistic standards of how people should look. This has left a precedent specifically for women and has adhered to the development of confidence. Body dysphoria arises from these standards set by society. Such influences have caused eating disorders because of the competition to be the skinniest. Models are…