In April 2009 Jane Mcgonigall Analysis

Media and technology have been known to grow and spread at an unbelievable rate. Over time, media affects the way people in a society think and directs current trends in pop culture. Technology constantly allows for easier methods of doing things. An example of something that has grown very popular over time is video games. One of the first games was Pong, a game involving a ball that bounces across the screen. Comparing this to today’s high-definition role-playing games that most every child, teen, and young adult owns is a large shift. Film is also a growing media. The concept of moving pictures on a screen was mind-blowing when first introduced and is now second nature. It is commonplace because most people these days are already born with

With the advent of information technology, the ways different aspects of life work and operate have changed a great deal. Media has always had a great influence in molding the culture of a society. There was a point of time when television and radio were invented and when computer was invented and there was little connection between the two. Time then travelled fast then through the age of cassettes, records, VCDs, DVDs, flash drive and then the internet. Media also started to go satellite on a massive scale and there came a point of time when media and digital communication systems became closely integrated with one another, opening the dimensions to digital media.

It is a well-known fact that technology and media outlets today play a major role in a person’s life. Generally, a person has access to the media through cellphones, computers, radios in a car and television. It may be perceived by some, even within a technologically advanced society such as America, that media has no effect upon enhancing cultural relationships, though many social networks do indeed connect cultures.

The evolution of mass media has affected our social institutions: family, religion, morality and education, on an unprecedented scale. For most of us in the American culture, the new forms of mass media are entwined with both of our personal and professional lifestyles. Understanding how the development of these forms of mass media has been and continues to influence our American culture is vital. It will help us appreciate the role media plays in our life and will also help us to be more informed as citizens, consumers, and employees. Barnett, 2004 noted that “The Internet is the decisive technology of the Information Age, and with the explosion of wireless communication in the early

In the article, “Confessions of a news junkie who hides the news from his kids,” Barry Gittins discusses the topic of mass media, he asserts that it has misguided children. Mass media has always been something to inform people. Yet, it’s the over consumption of media seems to affect the mental and physical wellness of children. This new generation of advancing gadgets and devices has altered children’s way of life and connections. The best way to avoid harming the child’s mental and physical wellness is moderation on the screens. Parents claim that in their youth, they used their creativity or sensibility to create things that make them occupied and entertained them. Children are only children once. So, why not bring that back and help the

This week, I watched the movie “ Miss Representation”, it is a documentary in 2011 and Jennifer Siebel Newsom is the director, producer and was written by her. I watched the film on Thursday, July 30, 2015, I watched it on my computer and I was watching it at home. The documentary is about we human are failing to see the real world that we lives in. It talks about that media is a very powerful tool of delivering messages to the world. The documentary starts with some numbers of information that tell us that American teenager: “spend 31 hours a week watching TV, 17 hours a week listening to music, 3 hours a week watching movies, 4 hours a week reading magazines, 10 hours a week online, and that is 10 hours and 45 minutes of media consumption a day” (“ Miss Representation”). Nowadays, people are going to learn more from media, then any other things because each of us has just spent too much time on it, and everyone does have their own ways to have the interaction of the media. And the media are just everywhere around us.

“Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master,” is a quote from the Nobel Lecture given by Christian Lous Lange in 1921 (IV, par6). Technology has enhanced and empowered media, creating a whole new framework. In times past media entered into our homes through newspapers or nightly newscasts; due to advances in technology, our homes are now overrun with various types of media and the media have changed how people view themselves and others. Although the access to media through technology has enhanced the lives of people around the world, many people are becoming addicted to their access to media and losing their identities, their relationships, and sometimes their lives in the process. Technology has outfitted people with a plethora

With the invention of the printing press, during the middle ages, media has become the driving force of our society. With the printing press, books and newspapers became readily available to the common folk. Although, many people were not able to read Latin during the time, the printing press soon paved the way to translated version of texts into common language. This was a huge factor in the enlightenment period, where people moved away from the church and began to use science in their lives. Today the media has grown to such an extent that it controls almost every aspect our lives.

A major modern problem with the media is the sublimation of, and reaffirmation of, stereotypical female gender roles. “The media treats women like shit” (Cho). Which is a serious issue because of Marshall McLuhan’s famous words, “The Medium is the Message” (Warwick). The medium up for discussion is the media, which can be fundamentally defined as the most significant “single source of information that people have today (Katz). Therefore, in order to understand “what’s going on in our society” (Katz) it is “absolutely imperative to “understand media” (Katz). Media and technology are “shaping our politics, our national discourse and most of all, they’re shaping our children’s brains, lives and emotions” (Steyer). Caroline Heldman, PhD, and

Today’s society demands that the media plays an active part. With the invention of the smart phone and internet, people have ready access to

Unlike previous generations who were “introduced” to the internet, television and social media, the present generation is “born” in it. By this statement, it is implied that children today are much closer to technology and media than adults are, and so, are more likely to be affected by it. Perhaps, the highest impact on the physical, cognitive, and social-emotional development of children and adolescents is by media due to its ready availability through Smart phones, tablet PCs and other portable devices. This paper attempts to evaluate some of the influences of media on various aspects of child and adolescent development.

The Mass Media and Technology as an agent of socialization has grown in the last 100 years such as radio, television, movies, music, and the Internet. According to a 2015 Pew research study, seventy-three percent of teens have or have access to a smartphone while only thirty percent have a basic phone (Lenhart, 2015). Mass media and technology can introduce us to new cultures, beliefs, and viewpoints. Alternatively, many social scientists argue that technology and mass media is making our relationships suffer as we are not attentive to the other person or any ideas (Witt,

Because media is such a regular and consistent part of my life, its impacts did not immediately stand out to me. Media’s influence on important moments of my life was substantial though, a key example being how I met my current best friends. It is first useful to note that being exposed to fictional novels when I was younger, such as Harry Potter and Magic Tree House, led to my love for reading and consequently my joining of the

What is the last thing that you touch before you go to sleep and after you wake up? I ask people around me, including my coworkers, my friends, my family members, and the majority of their answers is their phone/their electronic devices. With the dominance of technologies in today's society, we got caught up with all the different media platforms, which sometimes we did not even realize how important they are in our daily life. The media has gone such a long way throughout history as it now has become the core of society. From the printing press to the age of the Internet, these types of media enhance our life dramatically as we are depending on them more and more. While media like radio and print were able to adapt to the change in the society, other media was not able to keep up and start to lose their place in our daily life. With these pieces of information in mind, the purpose of this paper is for me to really think about how often I am in contact with media, in what way do I use media in my everyday activities, and how significant the media is, not only to me but for everyone on this planet. After looking closely at my daily media use and going through a day without media, I was able to learn a lot about myself, as well as the impact of media on my life.

The worth of media is a very controversial topic. Media has given us the ability to do things in new and creative ways such as how we learn and accomplish our everyday tasks. However, we do not always know how to interpurate this information. The technology available today is constantly impacting and influencing society in tremendous ways. Many of the impacts that are accocated with media are addressed in negative ways, but can be seen from a positive perspective as well. In the current generation, media and its influences can be found everywhere. These influences widely impact today’s adolescents and maturing teenagers because they are still developing into adults. Medias purpose is not only to inform us, but to allow us to mold ourselves in how we want to be perceived online. Also, it allows us easy access to unbelievable amounts of information. Living in an era known as the “information age” is riveting, but what are we suppose to do with all of this new technology and information?