Media Literacy
Media and its importance in our lives.
World Influence: Media
There are many types of media in our society. These Medias may include electronic media, social media, and many more. However, over the years the uses of electronic media have been increasing up to a point, where certain generation is being criticized. In my opinion, I think media is defined as anything that could be used to communicate from person to person. For example, YouTube has been recognized for a wide source media. Many users have post their videos and is known world-wide. This type of media shows many types of media all at once, such as electronic, social, educational, and many more. Medias used in these days widen up the society and provide us with lots of benefits and losses. Some of the benefits would include the easiness to find things. Online is basically the electronic version of knowledge. When you type in basically anything online, it will most likely to provide you with the information you need. However, some negative influence may be that too many people become distracted from these electronic or social media uses. Although they benefit a lot in our society right now, too much uses of media could pose negative effects. Another way that media is defined is through analyzing, understanding concept, and wide spread of its use. This may be referred to the word “Media Literacy” or “Media Literate”. Media Literate refers to the people who analyze and criticizes beyond what the media provides to the people. For example, a person may think at the point of view of other media users or the creator to oversee beyond their purposes of creating the media. Media Literate people may try to understand the reason beyond certain media, think about the consumers who use them, and organize the views into certain categories.
Social Media Bandwagon
Most of the social media uses and production are becoming as a bandwagon in our society.
Words of Media Literacy
32 Words that make up Media and Media Literacy
Time's Running out!
Most of our time during our days are spent by using source of media, such as our phones, online, facebook, and more. Although we use a lot of media during our day, it's still not enough to finish all of our use.
"The Right Music"
In AT&T and Beats Music’s collaboration “The Right Music” (2014), Ellen shows humorous ways to demonstrate different types of music genres and associate them with her dances. Ellen contrasts different mobile devices and the music system that’s built in the device versus the Beats Music mobile (AT&T, pop music) AT&T and Beats Music uses their example with the Red Riding Hood and the Wolves to show the satisfaction of the music with Beats Music. AT&T and Beats Music closes their commercial by showing the family plan for five and the price to offer viewers (mostly family) chance to receive better service with their phone and Beats Music. (family plan, up to five members, $14.99/month, Beats Music)
Beats Music is coming to AT&T
All the Genres
It's all in one!
Life & Education!!!! :D (Kinetic Typography)
Healthy Food Around the Nation
Nahae Lee
Mon, March 24, 2014
US Nation - Fast food restaurants are improving in healthier image of their menus. These fast food chains have claimed that they will make healthier meals and post calories and nutrition facts next to their menu. McDonalds have said that they will lower their calories to 500 and lower, and also that their prices will be lower (Bacon Habanero Ranch Quarter Pounder, which usually retails at $3.99, for just $3.59 (IL)). Fast food restaurants, for example Dominos, they have claimed that they "Will not deliver to anyone who gasps for breath more than three times while placing an order." In addition, Wendys have claimed that" Customers must finish each individual fry before requesting additional one from counter." This step will help the Americans to consume healthier food around the nation. Healthy food is spreading widely around the nation from all of these fast food chains and is spreading over most fast food restaurants.
1984 - George Orwell
"Big Brother Is Watching You"
"The Ministry of Truth"
"The Eyes"
1984 - The final end.
Reflection....of this course..:)
Media Literacy over the semester has taught me how to understand the influence of social media. Over the course, this class has went over social media and its affect on the society (both positive and negative way), media structure, satire, the novel 1984, and the novel Freakonomics. Out of all the things I learned, the novel 1984 and the idea of permanent tattoo gave me the most influence. The idea of permanent tattoo showed how one person can be influenced negatively through social media. This idea taught me that no matter how much you delete a post via social media, the imprint will still be there forever. Throughout the novel 1984, I have learned that George Orwell's prediction of government control can be true today. Today, many parts of the world follow the idea of "Big Brother" and make their people believe 2+2=5 is true. The strength of government censorship and its control of media can actually come true in more countries in the future and that if the communist countries aren't stopped, then the idea may be spread even more.
Some useful things that I'll be taking away from this class is that I will be taking away how to use precis in real life and actually make it into a useful paragraph. In the beginning, precis was too hard for me to understand because majority had to be 4 sentences total. However, after practicing it a couple times, I learned the concept of it and found out that it was actually easier than writing a whole lot stuff that weren't necessary. In addition, using precis made me think less and made me to write less than trying to think if I can add any other stuff to make it longer. In addition, I will be taking away how to analyze and understand a novel. In the past, when I would read a novel, I would either use the internet to find out the summary and etc., however after reading the novel 1984, I started to find out answers on my own (for the most part), instead of using my friend "google".
This language arts class was different from any other classes I took in the past. Previously, classes focused on comprehensiveness, grammar, vocabulary, and multiple scantron tests. However, this class focused on learning how media literacy can influence in the society, rather than focusing on taking tests, quizzes, and knowing vocabularies.In my opinion, I think this class was way better compared to the language arts classes because majority was sent in through via online (schoology,smores,documents), rather than handwriting them.
To make this class better in the future, some things that could be changed are to have a break in between the class because by the time it's middle of class, everyone (including me) are knocked down. Taking a break can definitely wake people up and bring better environment in the class. In addition, I think giving out remind101 the day before would be better because sometimes I have received the reminder in the morning while I'm driving to school. This should be changed because receiving reminder 10-20 minutes before school might not be efficient, especially if students have to bring something to class. However, I don't think that the change in this class could be made so easily because for first block students, the class starts way too early and I don't think there could be a change made unless the whole county changes their school time.
Overall, this class was a good language arts course to take because it was all through media. I think the change from last year (regular language british class) to this class (media literacy) was a good change because this class focused on a topic that no other language arts class focused on. Overall, throughout this course, I really liked this class and I will miss this class because this class was different from the boring, old, original language arts classes I've took in the past.