Mass media in everyday life is a key factor to many of us in our effort to move on in life. Whether I am surfing the internet, watching the news, sitting around with family watching a movie, or playing video games all these factors have some type of influence on me or my family. While I may have different uses for each particular media viewing, they all have some type of influence over me. When I wake up in the morning, I immediately turn on the news in hope that the media has something to share with me.
This information may be beneficial or just a total waste of time. The media tends to overdue what they are trying to get across. Over and over again they press certain issues that I get tired of the information that they are trying to cram down my throat. Sometimes the media has put aside all the bad influences and is portraying immorals as a good thing for society, go figures. While I work, I turn on my satellite radio or television to give me a diversion from the monotony of work. It gives me an out so I do not have to focus one hundred percent on the moment.
It also keeps me connected to all powerful media again. I have at my fingertips information that can be communicated to me in an instant whenever someone thinks there is an importance in what may be happening around the world or our community. I seem to constantly connect one way or another. When I get home at night it is to the media again that we sit around and socialize with family members over a movie or a pre recorded show from earlier in the day that we all can watch together.
It seems more and more that mass media is a major infiltration into my life from gathering information, to getting away from the world through a movie or some other means of entertainment. Mass media has a very big influence on the life of every person in the society. We have put our trust on the media as an authority to give us news, entertainment and education. However, the influence of mass media on our kids, teenagers and society is so big that we should know how it really works.
Mass media has both positive and negative effects on masses. Mass media serves as a platform on which individuals can voice their views in various issues and share information with their friends. They can through MSN/Skype/face book to talk about their point on some case to increase their communication skills; also they can through talking to know more about different types of idea in same case. So mass media have helped to create a platform for sharing their knowledge and increase their communication skill with others.
Television trains teenagers to embrace complexity, forcing them to follow many threads and ideas, also views are forces to think and engage, and this in turn to think their analytical skill because they have to acts as a constructive influence in many cases. Another positive effects, is that mass media keeps people informed of any recent events within a short amount of time. Media keeps you informed. It also helps in other things like entertainment and gaining knowledge. Nevertheless, it also has many negative effects on people, namely on kids.
One of this is the rebellious attitude of kids. It seems to be gripped with a fear of children, blaming them for much of society’s ills: crime, vandalism, drugs, drink, sex, teenage pregnancy. The list goes on. The everlasting quarrels whether or not mass media important and beneficial are continuing. It always had positive as well as negative influence on every individual in a society, and it is here to stay. However, the censorship is to be followed to decrease aforementioned negative effects.
