Media

about social media. “Social media is changing the way we communicate and the way we are perceived, both positively and negatively. Every time you post a photo, or update your status, you are contributing to your own digital footprint and personal brand.” (Martin, Web) This is the age of technology and social media. People all over the world can connect and help each other via social media. There are two different views as to how social media affects us. Some people think that social media can…

Media is a powerful source in manipulating people in thinking a certain way. It is inevitable not to hear or see the news, protests, violence, ads, and especially gun law topic. Media is popular in our society and when there is a burden of a situation media brings up discussions and questioning if the laws are well written or need modifications. This is where the politics are targets and making them question the constitutional amendment of gun laws. To influence the public, they discuss the…

13-year-old UK girl written in a social media style from Caroline Tagg’s Exploring Digital Communication,…

In a media world run chiefly on market model principles, the task of making sense of why these extensive mergers happened is pretty simple, at least in terms of a business stand point. Owning multiple mediums within the industry is how to reach “economics of scale” (Pavlick and McIntosh, p. 51-52), companies such as Disney for instance use synergy to rake in money from various subsets all based on the same idea. This dynamic enables the industries giants not only to reap financial merit, it also…

Negative Normalisation in Media and Society As a nation, we are subjected to different forms of media, all of which can be viewed as positive or negative. Every day we see some sort of advertisement that is unnecessary in the way it is selling brands which majority of the time can be brought down to the over sexualisation of the model, which can be a woman or a man, hired to showcase the product. We see violence in the media, either in a movie or in advertisements for new games and most of all…

Various forms of media have seeped into our society and our minds for generations. Our very beings are shaped by the constant influx of information we hear from our surroundings: the news, comedy shows, radio talk shows, etc… As Americans we are enveloped in 24-7 TV availability, and we are never far from another's public statement of their opinion. The 1st Amendment allows for the freedom of speech, which many take for granted. Due to the amendment people are able to speak their opinions…

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…

Technology and media is not new to our world. As we were assigned to document our media experience for seven days, I realized how media plays an important role to my daily life. During day 1 the first thing I did when I woke up was to grab my phone and check my social media. I would probably spend about less than 30 minutes catching up on updates I missed while I was asleep. After, I decided to eat breakfast. Usually I would eat breakfast with someone, but since I woke up not so early I ate…

For our media literacy project, we decided to focus on social media and its impact on journalism. Social media plays a huge part in modern society, and it has affected many things; be it positive or negative. For journalists it has also had good and bad outcomes. Journalists have had to adapt to our changing culture by understanding the value social media has in regards to today’s news. Social media has changed many aspects of journalism. Now, for the consumer, sharing news has become more…

desire information, which is why the media is a dynamic part in so many Americans lives today. Instinctively millions of American citizens will create beliefs on certain subjects established upon what they are seeing, hearing, or reading in the media. The truth is, if we were deprived of the media, information and news would travel at a sluggish rate, which would leave people oblivious as to what is going on in the world around them. But, the problem is that the media today have a tendency to to…