CM107 Introduction To Social Studies Essay
CM107 Introduction to Social Studies Essay
Name: Sophie Kavanagh
Student number: 14403112
“Flichy (2006) suggests that more and more ‘privatised’ media use means that family members are increasingly ‘living together separately.’
(i) Is Flichy’s assessment accurate?
(ii) How might media – including social media – bring families closer together?
I do agree with Flichy’s assessment that due to new media/technologies and more ‘privatised media’, families are now ‘living together separately’. I mean think about it, when you get home from work/school/college what do you check first? How your mother’s day went or the Evening News , do you check to see if your brothers okay or just visit his Facebook page ? Or when you’re bored on the weekend is your first thought to round up the troops in your house for a game of Monopoly or do you hit up your own games console instead? Most of our answer would be the same .I believe young people today are more immersed in media than ever before (as I am one of them) as most households contain most media ie. Computers and video games being the exception , with the majority of people especially the youth having their own form of personal media. Since the arrival of television into the family home in the 1950’s much has changed and is still changing with the present day arrival of media. Yet, it’s important to note media access and exposure to individual media vary as a function of age, gender, race/ethnicity and family socioeconomic level. Taking all of this into account I’m still in agreement with Flichy’s statement that due to new privatised media families today are ‘living together separately’ yet I believe there are still many benefits for the family from the utilisation of this new media and will provide evidence to show how it can inturn bring families closer together also.
There is no doubt that the role played by media underpinned the recent historical shift from a model of family life centered
Name: Sophie Kavanagh
Student number: 14403112
“Flichy (2006) suggests that more and more ‘privatised’ media use means that family members are increasingly ‘living together separately.’
(i) Is Flichy’s assessment accurate?
(ii) How might media – including social media – bring families closer together?
I do agree with Flichy’s assessment that due to new media/technologies and more ‘privatised media’, families are now ‘living together separately’. I mean think about it, when you get home from work/school/college what do you check first? How your mother’s day went or the Evening News , do you check to see if your brothers okay or just visit his Facebook page ? Or when you’re bored on the weekend is your first thought to round up the troops in your house for a game of Monopoly or do you hit up your own games console instead? Most of our answer would be the same .I believe young people today are more immersed in media than ever before (as I am one of them) as most households contain most media ie. Computers and video games being the exception , with the majority of people especially the youth having their own form of personal media. Since the arrival of television into the family home in the 1950’s much has changed and is still changing with the present day arrival of media. Yet, it’s important to note media access and exposure to individual media vary as a function of age, gender, race/ethnicity and family socioeconomic level. Taking all of this into account I’m still in agreement with Flichy’s statement that due to new privatised media families today are ‘living together separately’ yet I believe there are still many benefits for the family from the utilisation of this new media and will provide evidence to show how it can inturn bring families closer together also.
There is no doubt that the role played by media underpinned the recent historical shift from a model of family life centered
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