Media studies

Children and Media Devices Our media devices have become a valuable part of our everyday lives and the way we communicate; we get text messages for our dentist appointments and e-vites for birthday parties. Mostly this is viewed as a helpful and informative tool for staying in contact with friends and family or receiving news updates and for educational purposes. But, as with most things, there is a limit; how much is too much? My goal is to look specifically at children and the short and long…

Rhetorical Situation in Television A rhetorical situation is the context of a rhetorical act, made up (at a minimum) of a rhetor (a speaker or writer), an issue (or exigence), a medium (such as a speech or a written text), and an audience.( https://www.thoughtco.com/rhetorical-situation-1692061 ) The rhetorical situation is percieved multiple ways by different people. According to the authors of Everything’s an Argument, it is “ the relationship between topic, author, audience, and other…

SOCIAL MEDIA IS ON THE RISE Social media is more popular at present than ever before, and it will continue to grow in popularity very rapidly in the years to come. Currently, there are over 2 billion active social media users worldwide, and by 2020, this number should increase to about 3 billion. (https://www.statista.com/statistics/278414/number-of-worldwide-social-network-users/) 97 percent of adults aged 16-64 that are online say that they have used social media within the last month. By…

Feed by M. T. Anderson addresses many issues that technologically advanced societies run into, namely the overwhelming control from the internet and corporations. Many of these issues are just projecting some issues that we face in current day America but to an extreme. These issues include: pollution, following trends, social groups, gossiping, ad placement, class warfare, imperialism, death, social deviance, environmental derogation, and genetic modification. M. T. Anderson wastes no time with…

make a tangled web, spider silk incorporates a special stickiness to trap unsuspecting prey. Much like a spider’s web, social media captures people of all ages in the digital world of communication. Social media remains a platform for participation on the internet in which kids, teenagers, and adults publish information regarding a variety of topics. Yet, all social media platforms- Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Blogs, etc.- are simply threads in a larger web of digital discourse. To…

the agenda-setting theory significantly correlates to the mass media. In order to effectively discuss this topic, it will be essential to understand the agenda-setting theory. To some extent, the impact of…

A)The paper text that i will be Scaffolding for the project is the Article from NPR, "One-Man Show Casts 'Brilliant' Light On Realities Of Suicide, Depression. The Subject of the article would be considered a medical/liberal arts subject, where the article goes in depth about the workings of depression, suicide, and sadness and how it can affect a person everyday. It can be considered a liberal arts article because it also talks about how on stage, the actor is able to express his own life on…

The purpose of media is an important part of its eventual delivery, often impacting manner and intensity of the creators’ attempts to manipulate the emotions and inclinations of their audience. In an academic work, for example, the purpose is to convince a scholarly audience that a specific argument is true. However, in more mainstream works, such as novels - or even commercially produced cinema - the intention is to entertain rather than inform, with education either sidelined or unintentional…

Reception Theory in “Rick and Morty” Reception Theory is a theory that the media uses in order to distribute their ideas and information out into the public. This theory views the audience as an active source of input, rather than being passive and not caring about the content they are taking in. There are several topics that determine how the audience will react towards certain things. For example, a television show in the United States may translate differently in a more reserved part of the…

Media is the means through which information is distributed and received. Throughout history, media has been known to constantly change. With the continual arrival of new technology, techniques, and inventions, it is difficult for the public to communicate through only one form of media. The four media groups, photography, cinema, television, and digital media, individually cover the six aspects of media, which are connectedness/accessibility, mobility/portability, public privateness, private…