PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND The vocabulary of most college students specifically the sophomores and the juniors is acquired through modern media of watching films. Related studies discussed the effects of watching films in vocabulary learning and effects of subtitling in movies.
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Mass media is a communication which can be written, broadcast or spoken that reaches a massive audience. It includes television, radio, movies, internet, newspaper etc. Through using of this, we are able to communicate with one another regardless of the distances and races we have. It helps us to be all united as a human being. We can widely share and spread our cultures, religions and traditions by connecting to the different parts of our world. Mass media
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There are advantages and disadvantages to the people using this kind of medium. Television is one of example of this, which we frequently used in our everyday life. It exposes us to different kinds of information about lifestyle, sports, business, economy, showbiz etc. but it also show us violence, sexuality and other negative data which affects the viewer’s social behavior. Radio is often used to listen to songs, can be old songs and trendy songs, live program shows like Papa Jack Wild Confessions and updated news about traffic advisory and weather condition that can give us accurate information. Newspaper is also a good source of information about the current issues in local and foreign settings. You can find showbiz issues, horoscope of the day and many more. Internet is mostly used in searching for exact information you are looking for. Movie is one of the most entertaining medium of acquiring knowledge as it gives us what we want to watch and …show more content…
You can easily know the effects of watching movies to the youth. The impacts to adults can also be observed as well as the children in cities and provinces. There are films like “Frozen” which is a fantasy, comedy and animated film that was good for the family that gives us a lot to learn about family relationship. The other movies are action, mystery, romance, thriller, horror etc. Students mostly reflect to what was shown in the movie and they are trying to imitate the fashion style, the hilarious actions and the way of speaking of an actor without knowing that some segment of it might have a bad effect to
Throughout the years, media has advanced along with technology. They now range in sizes, small to large, and weight, heavy and light. The means of communication we have used evolved from newspapers to televisions, social media, and the list goes on. They aid people in keeping us connected and keeping them informed of new products and of the environment. Media is an important part of the lives of neighbors, friends, family members, and the rest of the world. It is how they all stay connected. significant why it matters Why: mold the children molds the world. Affects how they act, feel, act towards others, and how they react to different events in their lives.
The debate issue it self is an impression, it is a result of thought derived from a specific sours that is most likely to be the media. . “Mass media is a term which connotes the means of a variety of media specifically designed for disseminating news and information to a large audience for a variety of r...
Often times people neglect the fact that the things- such as films- that they see and hear day to day can actually be worthwhile in teaching them. They come into contact with them purely for the purpose of being entertained and, sometimes, do not even realize that they are being taught valuable life lessons in the process. In conjunction with this theory, Professor Michael Taylor once said, “We don’t often think of the value of media beyond its entertainment, but there is a whole area that has to do with education through entertainment. As filmmakers, the work that we do has a huge impact on our culture. With that comes an opportunity, and may be even a responsibility, to use that impact for greater good.” Many French and Francophone films
Films are made to both entertain and educate, offering sources not only of joy but also knowledge and information. It is widely assumed that films, Hollywood movies in particular, mainly provide visual pleasure and happiness, as well as inviting them to make affective investments into the plot of a film. However, more than just a visual aesthetics, films, a major element of societal multicultural education, can be perceived from an educational point of view as acting as a functional educational tool, exercising enormous power to influence the ways mass audiences think, talk, feel, behave and desire. In this sense films hold the power
Media plays a key role in American society, it shapes, manipulates, and influences us as individuals. Media can come in all forms such as the Internet, things we read, see, and hear. Media can have good effects and bad effects but it seems like media has been taking over recently. We see media everywhere, on our cellphones, in the news, even just listening to the radio. The media influences us as individuals and we respond to it in different ways.
influence of mass media on sport : Influences of Mass Media in Sport When communication is spread not just between two individuals but rather between tens of millions of people it is known as mass media. Mass media is known as the central nervous system of society. "Mass media has many different purposes, such as providing information, entertaining, persuading and also by carrying a vague general function of culture to millions of people."(Frederick 18). In order for mass media to exist, there must be an audience. Today's society is very selective; each receiver reacts differently through his or her own experience and orientation according to mass media. Therefore, mass media exists in many different forms such as magazines, television, newspapers, internet, motion pictures, and even plays.
Mass media includes TV, radio, cinema, newspapers, magazines and technology such as the internet and e-mail. The media is a source used to inform and entertain the public. Media carries information, ideas, thoughts and opinions out to the public. The force media reveals gives a huge impact on influencing people’s lives. The media can be equally positive and negative in terms of the views it has on women, as well as an influential means for education and socialization. Even though the media enhances women issues, it also gives negative impact, illustrating violence against women through pornography and descriptions of women as a female bo...
The Mass Media has had a greater in influence on modern culture than either education or history.
Analyzing film has been around since the making of movies in the early 1900s. Here in the United States film really blossomed in the 1920’s. Production of films started on the West Coast in Hollywood. The earliest films were organized into genres or types, with storylines, settings, costumes, and characters (Dirks, 2010). Films are made to entertain, and when viewers watch the film they find themselves drawn into the characters personality and the plot. Because of film’s popularity many people use films as an agent of communication, education, and learnin...
Mass communication is to use a source or medium to reach a large audience to communicate your message. People are communicating with each other since the evaluation of human, and with the passage of time it become more and more advance. After the emergence of media and development of new technologies, it gave birth to different media theories and these theories showed a transformation over the last two decades. Mass media communication theories divides in four following eras:
In today's world people cannot live without Mass Media and with the help of technological improvements to send messages to the masses is becoming easier and easier. As we are been shower with tons of advertising, information and other sort of materials by the different types of Mass Media has influence in our everyday life styles.
Conclusion, media can be used to promote social growth and thinking skills. If television and the newer electronic media, is used wisely it can have great positive potential for learning and development. Television is a better medium for conveying certain types of information, and it makes learning available to group of children who do not do well in traditional school situations and even to people who cannot read well. People believe media also can make any latest new all around to world reach everyone easily via media mass in a very short time.
Basically, the media performs three functions to inform, to influence and to entertain. But effects of these functions are multidimensional in modern times. It has provided awareness about the whole world. In twenty-first century, media has a tendency to shape political, economical and social values of an individual. Moreover, media has eliminated the boundaries of information, so that a person can become an active citizen of the global economy. Hence, it is logical to state the media has become a basic need of human civic life.
On the other side of the coin. Constructive media can happen. It tells us what is going on in the world so we can prepare ourselves. It sells things that are good or gives ads that tell boys and girls that it’s not all about beauty. It can tell us that we can support one another for cancers. There are many good things that can come out of media, but we must know the difference between what is good and what is not.
Mass media and social media are technology all around us. They are ways of a mass communication that reach a limitless amount of people. Media has changed the way the world thinks. Mass media refers to TV, magazines, newspapers, pictures and Radio. Social media refers to any kind of internet logging like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google, amongst others. Mass and social media surround us and tell us what we should be or should do. This can lead to constructive behaviors or it can lead to the destruction of lives caused by how the media relays these messages. Ultimately leaving the diversity of people falling victim to mass and social media. Not one person can make that sole decision. Consequently, changing how people think. Consequentially, changing the way the public looks at presidential candidates.