Media

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Media

Media? What does this represent in modern society? Why this mold our way of thinking? Is it really what it looks like, is it really helpful?

Media, is define by the online dictionary Merriam Webster as "members of a mass media" which represent every effective and massive form of reaching others and expressing. This leaves us to another question What is a social (mass) media? Well, social media is define by "forms of electronic communication (as websites for social networking and micro blogging) through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and others content (as video)" This word was first used 2004, who would it though in something different rather than the creation of Facebook, i think there is divisor like that divide in two era, the era before Facebook, the era when sites like "Instant Messenger", "AOL (America Online)" and many others, where sites like these were swimming their way to the top. But then Facebook came, and none of these could it stop this madness.It wasn't only Facebook, i think it was 2004 the biggest year in the internet, sites like YouTube, Wikipedia, WordPress, BLOGGER, Twitter, Tumblr,they were planting their roots into society lifestyles and mind.

I think they actually accomplished their goals, which was mold us into internet addict which couldn't leave bed without checking them. In fact I think I couldn't be more serious, these massive communication media turned into everything we need now days to know what is happening at the exact moment, the user just have to log on into Facebook or any other online newspapers and we can know what is happening not only in your home town or country , you can learn about worldwide news just the the click or the touch of a button.

But as good and positive this might sound, there is also a dark side in media, such as that most of all the newspaper, magazine are part of this so called media cross-ownership, for example in the United State everything you can think of such as television, radio and magazines are owned by the "Big Six" which are: COMCAST, The Wall Disney Company, 21 Centuary Fox/News Corporation, Time Warner, VIACOM and the CBS Corporation.

Why is this so bad? Well it means that everything you see, hear and read it just recycle, What do i mean with recycle? Well every single company has an opinion over something, so it means that every person who work for any of these companies follows their ideas. You will be listening and reading the same no matter when you turn yourself into no matter the magazine, the radio station or TV channel well probably one of these Multimedia company own it.

But I'm not saying they aren't helpful, for me these media no matter the source, internet, TV, radio, magazine, newspaper, keep us up to date, and that is good, but at what cost?