One of the concepts from
this week that interested me was the segment about the mass media. In America, almost every house hold owns a
television and if they don’t own a tv, there is some type of electronical
device that keeps them connected to the mass media. I am not one of the Americans
that spend endless hours watching t.v. so I do not get to see as many commercials
as the rest of America. When I hear the term mass media I usually relate it to
the television and the internet since they are the main sources that people get
their information from. But with new
technology with cell phones people are getting more access from the mass media.
From your cellphones alone you can access many of the social media websites
such as facebook and twitter. And with the mass media there is also a second
form of media called Niche media which is focused on the form of communication
geared to narrowly defined audience. Mass media has a huge impact on the world
today, and with the impact it makes on
the society it is important to understand the medias tactics.
-Mike Ross
Hey Mike Ross,
ReplyDeleteI find it very difficult to not spend endless hours in front of the TV. It is often the reason behind why I procrastinate so much and wait until the last minute to finish assignments and such. As a matter of fact, I could have posted this three hours ago, but now I am racing against a clock because it is almost 12AM and I decided to watch some Everybody Loves Raymond reruns instead. TV gets me in a lot of trouble sometimes and I really don’t appreciate it, but it is a good source of entertainment. I think that because I’m so enticed to watching it, it is easy to hook me when it comes to advertisements.
-CesarCOMM41