Blogpost 1: "Media is a Bully!"

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You guys ever heard of news stating that a famous public figure was attacked by media? Or maybe even a famous public figure being attacked a media. There exist some actually.

Sometimes, media can be so stressful. They may even accidentally push you over in hoping to get an interview or something. Most of the time, they would ask you about your latest controversies and bad things while having a hard time to even recover for that incident. Or maybe not being able to speak because of the trauma that occurred and yet they still chose to ask. Sometimes they are really really kind. The paparazzi would help us out like carry our heavy grocery bags. So in return we treat them to a nice restaurant or give them something that is so limited or exclusive.

For the past years, I've observe that the audience or the people who watches news reports would often prefer to hear what the bad news is. Even in newspapers. They would just glance and skip the good parts like job opportunities, people discovering a new way to prevent cancer, and teenagers inventing a very advanced technology. Instead, they would just read or listen to people being raped and abused and this local celebrity have had plastic surgery.

One of the articles in celebrityplasticpics.com, you can see Michael Jackson's transformation. But the title really bugs me. It says "Michael Jackson - from black man to white woman". Is that really necessary? In that post, they've just become a bully. Follow this link if you want to read the article about Michael's transformation. http://www.celebrityplasticpics.com/rhinoplasty/michael-jackson/

And another article about the media bullying Michael. http://anomalies-unlimited.com/Jackson.html

Another one is Lady Gaga's weight gain. Robyn Chealsea-Seifert article in examiner.com says "Forget about Lady Gaga's achievement. Her five Grammy Awards. Her music - "Born This Way," "The Fame Monster," and "The Fame" selling 15 million album worldwide and her singles having a combined sale of over 90 million giving the artist a $52 million paycheck over the past year."


She then continue it with "Not bad, but in the scheme of things who really cares. Apparently, she's fat. Huge.". Seriously, are you complimenting her or just bullying her? And who cares about being huge anyways? Try dancing, singing, and wearing 5 inches heels all at the same time. Not to mention eating pasta and pizza because her family is Italian-American. I'd marry Oprah Winfrey if I can! What differences does a big mama have anyways?

You can read the article here http://www.examiner.com/article/lady-gaga-is-fat.

Another one that is bullied by the media is Nancy Binay (the wife of Vice President of the Philippines, Jejomar Binay). In http://www.keywordspeak.com/2013/05/nancy-binay-jokes.html, Lyle Santos said "BREAKING NEWS: Filipinos elect first black senator. #NancyBinay". Nancy didn't even do anything bad to our government yet. Yes, her color somewhat resembles the black people but really?! She's Filipino. Her colour is suppose to be brown. I know for sure that most of the people really just hate her because of her colour. They might not even be aware that she doesn't have a background in government. But i'll give her a chance to prove her ability. Who knows, maybe she might turned out to be one of the greatest senators that the Philippines ever had.

One thing for sure, MEDIA HAS TURNED INTO A BULLY. Media turned into a monster. We've turned into a monster. I'm pretty sure that the issue of the "Amalayer girl" (I'm a liar girl) haven't become viral if it weren't even filmed.

I do believe that the government should create a new law for the medias. Examples of these are:

• Never go beyond in an individual's own privacy;
• Do not film if the person demanded to not be filmed; and
• Write the whole story of the incident in the description box if your going to post it online.

People from today just want to do what they do. So, in order to avoid mistakes, you guys better ask yourself what are the effects of your going to post online next time. You guys might see yourself next time in a cell with the other criminals. Just be nice to everyone else and you might get a reward or something.

Blogpost: "Media Introduction"

Introduction

Media comes from medium, a way through which one can communicate with the other.

So, letters, posters, emails, and public meetings are forms of media.There is also mass media, where you communicate with a large number of people. It includes TV, News, Internet.

Evolution

The beginning of human communication through designed channels dates back to ancient cave paintings, drawn maps, and writing.

The Persian Empire (centred around present-day Iran and Afghanistan) played an important role in the field of communication. It devised what might be described as the first real mail or postal system, which is said to have been developed by the Persian emperor Cyrus the Great (c. 550 BC) after his conquest of Media. The role of the system as an intelligence gathering apparatus is well documented, and the service was (later) called angariae, a term that in time turned to indicate a tax system. The Old Testament (Esther, VIII) makes mention of this system: Ahasuerus, king of Medes, used couriers for communicating his decisions.

The word communication is derived from the Latin root communicare. This was due to the Roman Empire also devising what might be described as a mail or postal system, in order to centralize control of the empire from Rome. This allowed for personal letters and for Rome to gather knowledge about events in its many widespread provinces. More advanced postal systems later appeared in the Islamic Caliphate and the Mongol Empireduring the Middle Ages.

The term "media" in its modern application relating to communication channels is traced back to its first use as such by Canadian communications theorist Marshall McLuhan, who stated in Counterblast (1954): "The media are not toys; they should not be in the hands of Mother Goose and Peter Pan executives. They can be entrusted only to new artists, because they are art forms." By the mid-1960s, the term had spread to general use in North America and the United Kingdom.

The adoption of a dominant communication medium is important enough that historians have folded civilization into "ages" according to the medium most widely used. A book titled "Five Epochs of Civilization" by William McGaughey (Thistlerose, 2000) divides history into the following stages:Ideographic writing produced the first civilization; alphabetic writing, the second; printing, the third; electronic recording and broadcasting, the fourth; and computer communication, the fifth. The media affect what people think about themselves and how they perceive people as well. What we think about self image and what others should look like comes from the media.

While it could be argued that these "Epochs" are just a historian's construction, digital and computer communication shows concrete evidence of changing the way humans organize. The latest trend in communication, termed smartmobbing, involves ad-hoc organization through mobile devices, allowing for effective many-to-many communication and social networking.

Electronic media

In the last century, a revolution in telecommunications has greatly altered communication by providing new media for long distance communication. The first transatlantic two-way radio broadcast occurred in 1906 and led to common communication via analogue and digital media: 

• Analog telecommunications include some radio systems, historical telephony systems, and historical TV broadcasts. 
• Digital telecommunications allow for computer-mediated communication, telegraphy, and computer networks.

Modern communication media now allow for intense long-distance exchanges between larger numbers of people. On the other hand, many traditional broadcast media and mass media favour one-to-many communication.

Electronic media is enjoying broader use every day with an increase in electronic devices being made. The meaning of electronic media, as it is known in various spheres, has changed with the passage of time. The term media has achieved a broader meaning nowadays as compared to that given it a decade ago. Earlier, there was multimedia, once only a piece of software (application software) used to play audio (sound) and video (visual object with or without sound). Following this, it was CD (Compact Disc) and DVD (Digital Versatile Disc), then camera of 3G (Third Generation) applications in the field. In modern terms, the media includes all the software which are used in PC (Computer) or Laptop or Mobile Phone installed for normal or better performance of the system; today, however, hard discs (used to increase the installation capacity of data) of computer is an example of electronic media. This type of hard disc is becoming increasingly smaller in size. The latest inclusion in the field is magnetic media (magnetic stripe) whose application is common, in the fastest growing Information Technology field. Modern day IT media is commonly used in the banking sector and by the Income Tax Department for the purpose of providing the easiest and fastest possible services to the consumers. In this magnetic strip all the data relating to a particular consumer is stored. Credit card, Debit card , ATM card, High end travel card are comprised within the term Media as it is known today. The main feature of these types of media is these are prepared unrecorded (blank form) and data is normally stored at a later stage as per the requirement of its user or consumer.

Social Impact

Media technology has made communicating increasingly easier as time has passed throughout history. Today, children are encouraged to use media tools in school and are expected to have a general understanding of the various technologies available. The internet is arguably one of the most effective tools in media for communication. Tools such as e-mail, Skype, Facebook etc., have brought people closer together and created new online communities. However, some may argue that certain types of media can hinder face-to-face communication and therefore can result in complications like identity fraud.

In a large consumer-driven society, electronic media and print media are important for distributing advertisement media. More technologically advanced societies have access to goods and services through newer media than less technologically advanced societies.

Media, through media and communications psychology, has helped to connect diverse people from far and near geographical location. It has also helped in the aspect of on- line/ internet business and other activities that has an on-line version. All media intended to affect human behavior is initiatied through communication and the intended behavior is couched in psychology. Therefore, understanding media and communications psychology is fundamental in understanding the social and individual effects of media. The expanding field of media and communications psychology combines these established disciplines in a new way.

Timing change based on innovation and efficiency may not have a direct correlation with technology. The information revolution is based on modern advancements. During the 19th century, the information "boom" rapidly advanced because of postal systems, increase in newspaper accessibility, as well as schools "modernizing". These advancements were made due to the increase of people becoming literate and educated. The methodology of communication although has changed and dispersed in numerous directions based on the source of its sociocultural impact.

Source: Wikipedia