Cm202 Mass Media Analysis
Unit 1 Project: Mass Media Monopoly
Karla N. Treadwell
Kaplan University
CM202: Mass Communications Tibe Jordan
So, the prelude to this assignment was to keep a journal of my interactivity with mass communications for a few days. Sounds easy, right? I guess it might depend on how involved one’s attention is, and I have to be honest and admit that I was done after the first day and a half. I couldn’t even step away from my cable T.V. and my computer long enough to see how much of a media junkie I really am. A friend of mine once told me that “you can’t see the picture when you’re in the picture.” The way in which we have become so inundated with the media is astounding. Without any recorded figures to go by, I’m going to say that I watch television about 90% of the day, particularly during the week. I could say that the remaining 10% is broken up into my Internet usage, and the radio, except that my computer usage has increased drastically, between school and FaceBook, so, ironically, I use it about the same percentage as I watch T.V. I am able to do this by having them both on at the same time. I can watch a movie and net surf /social network at the same time, and successfully divide my attention between …show more content…
And why would we want to? If we didn’t have it, we would never know what was going on in the world, or in our own backyards, for that matter. I think it’s important to know the latest trends of music, clothing, hairstyles, furniture, food, and more, just so we may have choices. Advertising isn’t just entertainment and pop culture, it’s the news, and other important aspects that we need to exist: it is employment, housing, transportation, childcare, healthcare, and banking, just to name a few. It is a much needed form of media communication, I would say we are exposed to it 110% across the
Karla N. Treadwell
Kaplan University
CM202: Mass Communications Tibe Jordan
So, the prelude to this assignment was to keep a journal of my interactivity with mass communications for a few days. Sounds easy, right? I guess it might depend on how involved one’s attention is, and I have to be honest and admit that I was done after the first day and a half. I couldn’t even step away from my cable T.V. and my computer long enough to see how much of a media junkie I really am. A friend of mine once told me that “you can’t see the picture when you’re in the picture.” The way in which we have become so inundated with the media is astounding. Without any recorded figures to go by, I’m going to say that I watch television about 90% of the day, particularly during the week. I could say that the remaining 10% is broken up into my Internet usage, and the radio, except that my computer usage has increased drastically, between school and FaceBook, so, ironically, I use it about the same percentage as I watch T.V. I am able to do this by having them both on at the same time. I can watch a movie and net surf /social network at the same time, and successfully divide my attention between …show more content…
And why would we want to? If we didn’t have it, we would never know what was going on in the world, or in our own backyards, for that matter. I think it’s important to know the latest trends of music, clothing, hairstyles, furniture, food, and more, just so we may have choices. Advertising isn’t just entertainment and pop culture, it’s the news, and other important aspects that we need to exist: it is employment, housing, transportation, childcare, healthcare, and banking, just to name a few. It is a much needed form of media communication, I would say we are exposed to it 110% across the