Media Essays

“…the entire study of mass communication is based on the premise that there are effects from the media, yet it seems to be the issue on which there is least certainty and least agreement’". Understandably, McQail’s statement is a fairly accurate depiction of the ambivalence that surrounds the field of communication study as far as the topic of the impacts of various mass media on society is concerned.

The author states that globalization is the result of the integration of the interchange of socio-political ideas, economic views, products, business exchanges, and world views. It is the mutual dependence of economic and cultural activities facilitated by development in infrastructure, the internet, and the advancements in technology.

As the report declares case studies try to investigate the grass-root level reason behind certain occurrences in daily life. Within this scenario, the researcher tries to investigate the representation of violent crime in visual and printed media in general. Media provides ample importance to crime news because the same can be used to attract the viewers.

This essay discovers the fashion and media and explores the TRLG company. Americans use ‘premium denim’ when referring to handmade, the company has a total of 900 branded boutiques or stores in over 50 countries worldwide although the flagship store has a base in Manhattan Beach California as its mother store set up in late 2005.

The essay will expound on issues including the concept of the mask, expressing one’s beliefs and orientations, understanding one’s strengths and weaknesses, and use by minority groups. Here, the essay argues that alternative identities in the social media help people to express their positive feelings and opportunities.

This work is an evaluation of TV shows and commercials' problems and their effect on children. The author analyzes ten TV shows, which include five for children and five for families, such as SpongeBob SquarePants, Sesame Street and etc. The report discusses personal feelings and impressions in regard to the ten programs watched.

In conclusion, from a discussion on the various issues that plague PBS in the UK in today’s context, we find that this sector needs to undergo various reforms if it wishes to survive. It would be both non-democratic and unethical (and also quite futile), to force the consumer to watch whatever the PBS serves.

Many studies have focused on delving and understanding the effects and the influence it holds over its viewers and, consequently, the society. As is stated in the Cultivation Theory, “The more a person is exposed to a message provided by the media, the more likely that person is to believe the message is real”.

A person writing about a particular topic always has a reason for deciding to write on the topic. Therefore, whatever issues the person may decide to represent are purely one’s own choice. As a result, depending on the situation one may decide to show or portray in communication through writing, the author may use a different story from another.

The author in this work determines whether or not adverts display disability with a pity or positive image and attitude. He/she also discovers what changes can be made and why. Another objective is to find the stereotypes of disability and to reveal the truth. Yet the media does not choose to include disabled people. Their visibility is very low.

Very far from how people view television today, a television in its earlier years is used not for entertainment. Transmission by cable has found television as an adjunct of long-distance telephony, enabling the user to see the person with whom he converses; pubic booths giving such service were erected in a number of German cities in 1938 by the Post Office Department (Eddy, 1950).

Technological advancements witnessed in the current decade have led to the development of various forms of media, which correspondingly has provided greater scope to the common people to connect among themselves across various parts of the world. In addition to some traditional forms of media such as print and visual media, internet media has nowadays evolved as the most popular.

The researcher used a social identity strategy that incorporated insights from framing. According to the article, the features associated with athletes and the tone used in sports coverage and reports vary according to the ethnicity and race of an athlete. The researcher was guided by four hypotheses.

Social media and social networking broadly refer to the use of Internet-based technologies to accumulate social capital. The increased popularity of social networking and social media sites has meant that businesses have been left with minimal options other than to adopt the new technologies in their day to day activities.

According to the author, among all forms of technology, mass media have special characteristics of generating meaning and manipulating experience. Thus, the speedy information communication in the electronic age has become the largest consumer function in the world, and the electronic media has changed the present world to a global village.

That is the reason why Jefferson would prefer to choose newspapers without government. I am of the opinion that a well-informed nation is the core of democracy. In a free-market democracy, the public ultimately decides as to how the press needs to act. If the semblance of truth in the general public will not remain the motivating force.

Countries of the world got ‘formed’ or created into geographical entities, and its people followed specific culture, language, etc. based on the geographical boundaries. Thus, from aiding the origination and the demarcation of the countries to the evolution and the standardization of the lifestyle of the people, geography only plays an optimal role.

This study examines whether the media, in particular, plays its role in shaping British Asian identity and whether the content of TV programs aid these young ethnic group to assimilate better into British society. The research question: Does the media influence the development of identity among young British Asians?

When taking into account the public and the private sector of broadcasting it is useful to draw on distinct definitions of both types. The crucial difference between these two different broadcasting systems rests on the methods of funding. 

The author states that the interview revealed some rather surprising information regarding how the student viewed the concept of global communities, including viewpoints on cultural influence and the nature of cooperation in a social context. Overall, the interview participant appeared to have a positive perspective on global communities.

The press in Indonesia carries a moral authority and political weight that has never been witnessed in many First World countries. The moral responsibility of the media should consider impacting useful information to its audience, in order to create positive change in society. In the developing world, the media has been instrumental.

Parents and teachers have always been concerned and looking for answers regarding what effects do violent and non-violent media can imprint on young developing brains. As media grows significantly and presents newer and smarter media types, children are the first to get affected thanks to increased availability and affordability of media types.

Towards the end, it understandable to conclude that there the American News Media is biased, in fact, every media in the world which needs external funding, works under government and government policies, runs in a capitalist society and more importantly, is being operated by humans will be biased in some or the other.

In spite of a large number of newspapers available in Russia, Few Russians actually read them, only 10% compared to Sweden's 90%. Russians spend 9 minutes on average devoted to reading dailies, Turks, by comparison, spend 74 minutes per day. Distrust of printed news is cited as a factor for the low readership.

Furthermore, increased use of media and technology by children negatively influences their academic performances and literacy achievement. Similarly, professionals note that there are increased incidences of psychological, childhood physical, and behaviour disorders that come along with the prescription of psychotropic medication.

 In today’s world, large corporations use focus groups and other methods to target their consumers. They are very interested in every last detail about their consumer’s wants and needs, and why they prefer certain brands to others; it is almost like psychology, but it appears in a corporate environment.

Media manipulate the information to demonstrate the power and strength of their ‘own’ people and make the audience believe that ‘Other’ people are weak and hence, not worth living (Kellner 1995, p.2). In this way, the ‘Other’ people (Orients) get a negative identity in the West as they are recognized as a threat to society.

Although they have some merits to the relationship, they are a major cause of strife and tension in relationships from those dating, courting up to those who are married. Social media is a good source of networking as people have evolved from the archaic forms of information to the modern, easier forms of networking and communications.

The author states that technological advancements have further sophisticated the marketing process by integrating social media with the marketing options available. The global population that has access to the internet is a viable alternative for companies to diversify their marketing strategies.

 It is, in fact, the silent part of communication – the conceptual stage. The next is the speaker’s / writer’s choice of words which, as per his discretion and belief, convey the idea most effectively. The last is the sense in which the listener/reader receives them and interprets to himself what he has heard.  

It is thus highly available. However, it mainly restricts its audience to certain contents due to the lack of neutrality and according to Arapova, the lack of media freedom. Besides, three among the top two television channels have been shown to be biased by airing uncritical and disproportionate coverage.

The author states that social media websites are owned by U.S. based companies and being such, the U.S. government should insist that these companies should not permit/allow to carry any ISIS messages/propaganda. No freedom is absolute and when such freedom is abused and already poses a threat to national security.

These activities have been carried out in an organized form under different structures. That is, humans have organized or segregated into different structures like countries, communities, cultures, etc, and carried on with their activities. Among these different structures, the activities of people belonging to specific cultures are unique because they practice certain activities, which are distinct in a defined geographical area.

Therefore, the implementation of employee involvement program could not only increase the flow of information within the different ranks in a business organization but also changes the job responsibility of each employee and increases employees’ involvement in the financial aspects of the business. Through training and open communication among the employees, CCTV stakeholders will be able to learn more about the project flow.

Arab spring is however a largely western construct and its actual application to the Arab nations is not necessarily based on democratic ideals.  The US media is quick to make the association to democracy, however, the Arab media is less eager to do so, opting instead to make a more reserved and critical evaluation of various events in the Arab region. 

It is often reported that as television enters a society, attendance at a variety of public functions, including sports and movies, declines. In modern society, the role of television is tremendous because it has a great impact on views and values of people, form identities and ideals of the population, inform and persuade the target audiences. 

The author of the paper states that there are still some airlines where they consider social media as “just a silly fad” as mentioned in the article “All that twitters” by Madhu Unnikrishnan & Robert Wall. The article gives the example of JetBlue airline which has 1.4 million followers on Twitter.

The moment, the returns from the show could not match the externalities in terms of costs KSNN ought to have opted out. Thus, it may appear as though they pulled out of the program due to circumstantial negativities and opposition or negative publicity they did receive. The height of fame and accomplishment that KSNN had reached was bigger and higher than the technical scope of KSNN.

New Media or even Multi-Media is a term used in relation to the “Old Media” such a print publications like newspapers and magazines that are static representations of graphics and text. In contrast multi-media is a generic term used for the many different forms of electronic communications made possible by the use of computer technology.

Right from my childhood, I am interested in learning vocal communication skills and music is my forte. I was born in 1975 and grew in a suburban community in Chicago. I developed an interest in music listening to Jazz, Blues, Hip Hop and R & B. I played various instruments like the Bass. I was a member of multiple bands.

The author states that there are divided opinions concerning the impact of the violent content of anime. Others believe that violence in the media does not cause people to become violent. This means that the violence depicted in animated films with violent theme does not have a corresponding violent impact on the people watching them.

The media plays a significant role in the morals of most cultures. Social media is one of the platforms where individuals join to keep in touch with friends and family members. A social media site like WhatsApp, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram among others are some of the most common sites in the world.

Media studies form the basis for a solid beginning of a student since he can never actually fall back and start from scratch. He knows what he is doing and hence this can form as a point of advantage for him in the tough times. Proper media studies make sure that students remain committed to their future jobs and there are no procrastinations at any point in time. The future of media studies is indeed very secure.

Society has always had active and passive citizens or participants in its operations or regular procedures. Active, vigilant citizens are usually more aware of their rights and are typically more acquainted with the way the government functions, and hence, are much more in sync with current political trends and issues.

Conventional wisdom instructs us that high profits and elevated ethics don’t go together. Given the impressive profits made by the public relations industry (which promotes product placement), by implication ethics have been ignored. Although a framework of regulation exists in the United States, it has loopholes and suffers poor enforcement. 

Social media can lead to lack of concentration in both the workplace and school (Patrut, Bogdan &Monica, 321). In that, For example, in my evening classes school, I see students chatting on Facebook while the teacher is teaching hence they do not learn at all. Also, for example, in my workplace, the receptionist is sometimes very busy on twitter.

The argument of Sherry Turkle is true because of the disconnect existing between individuals in society. In reality, the challenge is severe because of the connection develop by individuals with their phone or social media platform. Consequently, individuals want to focus only on what interests them and not everything in society.

This solely results from the fact that the company spends a huge amount of money to educate people on Computer Studies in the globe, notably in countries such as Uganda, and even New Zealand. Through its efforts, Google Fiber was born, therefore, it has become easy to connect many homes especially in America.

The statement saying that there are more disadvantages to new media than there are advantages is quite not true. Inside the pioneering book of 1992 by J.H. Elliott, the author set out to demonstrate how the assumptions of the traditional Europeans with regard to media went through challenges because of the encounter with new people and episodes.

The paper has identified and analyzed different studies related to the topic; however, it is anticipation that future researches in this regard will allow a more comprehensive and updated understanding of the impact. It is an expectation that the paper will be beneficial for students, teachers, and professionals in better understanding of the topic.