Detrimental Traditional Media and Social Media
I. INTRODUCTION
Media plays a great role in allowing the people to be informed, to be educated or to be entertained. People, especially teenagers, are purposely or unknowingly connecting to each other by communicating and informing themselves about the latest trends, events and happenings in the community.
They are fed by information regarding different issues that happen in their day-to-day activities. Also, they are pleased by the good reviews of media but along with its swift development are other effects that harm the environment and the people living in it.
Kaiser Family Foundation’s study shows that between the age of eight and eighteen, most kids and teens nowadays are glued to any forms of media. Media is a broad topic to discuss. It may include the traditional media and the social media.
Traditional Media, which until now is being used, includes television (TV), radio and print. In the study, kids and teens consume seven hours and thirty eight minutes a day facing the television, listening to the radio and scanning magazines or newspapers simultaneously. Before the advent of the modern technologies, teenagers opted to spend their free time in watching the television instead of making their assignments, spending time with their families and socializing with others. Watching too much television can lead to poor eyesight, obesity, headaches and other sicknesses.
Furthermore, there are TV shows and radio programs that present violent and malicious acts or topics which may influence the viewers and listeners, especially if they are not appropriately guided. What they will see or hear may not be eliminated in their minds and there is a possibility that they will put it into practice.
On the other hand, Social media is a countless array of internet based tools and platforms. It is fast changing and it takes on many different forms, including social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, MySpace), blogs and micro blogs (e.g. Twitter), content
Media plays a great role in allowing the people to be informed, to be educated or to be entertained. People, especially teenagers, are purposely or unknowingly connecting to each other by communicating and informing themselves about the latest trends, events and happenings in the community.
They are fed by information regarding different issues that happen in their day-to-day activities. Also, they are pleased by the good reviews of media but along with its swift development are other effects that harm the environment and the people living in it.
Kaiser Family Foundation’s study shows that between the age of eight and eighteen, most kids and teens nowadays are glued to any forms of media. Media is a broad topic to discuss. It may include the traditional media and the social media.
Traditional Media, which until now is being used, includes television (TV), radio and print. In the study, kids and teens consume seven hours and thirty eight minutes a day facing the television, listening to the radio and scanning magazines or newspapers simultaneously. Before the advent of the modern technologies, teenagers opted to spend their free time in watching the television instead of making their assignments, spending time with their families and socializing with others. Watching too much television can lead to poor eyesight, obesity, headaches and other sicknesses.
Furthermore, there are TV shows and radio programs that present violent and malicious acts or topics which may influence the viewers and listeners, especially if they are not appropriately guided. What they will see or hear may not be eliminated in their minds and there is a possibility that they will put it into practice.
On the other hand, Social media is a countless array of internet based tools and platforms. It is fast changing and it takes on many different forms, including social networking sites (e.g. Facebook, MySpace), blogs and micro blogs (e.g. Twitter), content
Bibliography: “Medium” Def. 2. 2012 Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Incorporated “Habit” Def “Social Media” Def. 1. 2012 Merriam-Webster Dictionary, Incorporated “Teenagers” Def