Being able to know what is going
on in the world we live in is great for humanity. The mass media is a way to keep people
informed around the world and up to date about things, people and events from around
the world. Forms of mass media include:
the news, newspaper, advertising, magazines, books, radio, television, and
film. Not only does it keep us informed about current events, but also it
allows us to update the world on what we are up to by the use of social
networking and blogs.
Technological advances have improved
the way we communicate. In the past the
only way to know what your family and friends were up to were to actually face
them and have a real life conversation.
It was nearly impossible to know what was happening across the world before
mass media. If you lived in Canada and
wanted to know how your aunt Molda in Germany was doing, you had to travel
across the ocean via boat, with the high risk of extreme weather conditions and
scurvy. Once you get there you talk to
her and then after a week you realize she’s so annoying and you can’t handle
the sight of her, but you don’t want to travel back to Canada because you just
spent 3 months on a hostile boat ride so you move to France and start a family
and a new life there. Fast forward to
2013 where if you want to see how your uncle Moldy in Germany was doing, you
could pull a device out of your pocket and press a couple of buttons to form a
message and then send it and he’ll respond back with another message and just
like that you’re having a conversation without travelling across the pacific
ocean. This entire process takes under 2
minutes and you can keep your regular family.
I feel like the news is a great
way to get caught up with things around the world. Despite it being a great tool, I rarely watch
it, only because when I do I become depressed, as the majority of it is sad
news about tragedy, death, and other displeasing subjects. On the other hand some
people like to know what is happening in the world they live in no matter how
sad it is.
Despite the fact that
communicating nowadays is very simple, people are still thinking of ways to
improve it. There are many social
networking sites and there are still new ones being developed. There are more newscasts, podcasts, and broadcasts
accessible to the public than ever before.
Just on my free time when I’m bored I just scroll Twitter, Facebook and
surf the web and see a ridiculous amount of news articles from news companies
I’ve never heard of before.
The way we communicate and find
out information has become such an easy task, all thanks to the mass media, and it's only getting easier.
