Wednesday, April 22, 2009

-Media-

Hello everyone, sorry this is a little delayed but things have been pretty hectic with moving back home, playing softball and I’m sure everyone knows what I mean. Unfortunate things had to end the way they did, but there really isn’t a whole lot we can do about that.
This blog, for my media topic, I am going to do media in general. According to dictionary.com the definition of media is the means of communication, as radios and televisions, newspapers, and magazines that reach or influence people widely.
The media is around and influences, I believe, everything a person does. We listen to the media in hopes of good news, searching for bad news, and even for satisfaction. I also personally don’t think that we could live without media. The media helps us learn more about scientific discoveries, it helps us with learning about natural disasters around the world and how to prevent from suffering the same losses. The media also helps us with learning what type of weather or what type of storm will be coming through our area.
People always have arguments that media is showing far too many negative things, which at times is true. But there are so many horrible things going on in the world right now, that it can sometimes be hard to focus on the positives, one of the negatives being the wars going on around the world.
Another thing that is often brought up is the amount of violence that is shown in media. People often believe that with the amounts of violence in the media that is a main cause for all of the violence in everyday life, with the crimes in the streets, abuse, and even rape. There has been an argument on this topic for over three decades about whether or not media violence actually does cause real-life violence or not. In my opinion it does affect people, especially young children. For the simple fact that if they see someone on TV go and do something they will believe it is okay. But at the same time I don’t really think there is a whole lot more you can do to prevent it. It then comes down to Mom and Dad to explain that that is not okay, it’s just TV.

3 comments:

  1. Nice post Jennifer!!! haha. It was an interesting post and agree with you on the subject. Media now days is crazy, you can't get away from it even if you tried! I don't think I could live without it personally. It is always interesting, whether it is sports related, news, or just entertainment value, I feel all media is necessary and needed. The amount of violence shown in it is getting ridiculous though. Just some of the things it can get people to do also is crazy! It can get you to do anything, from the way you dress, to how you eat, even how you act!

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  2. Sweet post jennifer. I really liked what you said. It is true that in the mist of all knowledge, we have forgotten the true meaning of media. Media not only influences us, but it also makes our life better. There are a lot of advantages of media.... It makes news and idea so clear and also show the opnion of different people(most of the times)...So media not only means TV or Radio, its a fuel which the world runs on !!

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  3. Nice post Jen! It definitely is crazy how much media shapes our lives, both positively and negatively. I totally agree with the amount of violence, pretty much every channel you flip through there is some sort of violence going on. I can’t say that I don’t watch shows with violence because I am a big fan of watching Family Guy, where Stewie the little boy is always trying to kill Lois which is his own mother!! TV is a huge influence on children like you said, anything they see they believe they can do it too, we should we more careful to what is being exposed in the media.

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