Relationship: Media and Society

The floor is doing assignments and finishing them

Me:

-The floor is lava meme

Meme to meet you,

Another hard topic to discuss, let's hope I won't melt my brain. Okay, so our class was introduced about Media Theories and I wasn't surprised by the amount of theories that were shown. Before we melt my brains here, I'd like to describe the media again.

Media:

According to an online dictionary, it is a means of mass communication (broadcasting, publishing, and the Internet) regarded collectively. The word 'Media' is used in our lives to describe any means of communication.

The Relationship between Media and Society:

Media usually are thought of as sources of news and entertainment. It is often overlooked, on how mass messages bind people into communities, even into nations. Telephones, radio, books, film, music and paper are some of the examples of media and we use these objects in our daily lives.

Media brings changes to our society in both positive and negative way. As technology continues growing in our modern world, we become more and more dependent on them. The changes in our society because of media is various. The rate of crime increase. Social and political disorder spreading. Workers strive for greater rights, safety, and security. Magazine journalists using their agencies to challenge the abuses of business and the privileged.

Since now is the era of Internet, media has already affect the worldwide. The technology we use is small and easy to carry to anywhere we go, buses, trains, libraries, etc.

 An example of media's relationship with society would be, Astro Boy, an old japanese animation that revolutionizes the animation industry in japan. Astro Boy or Mighty Atom from it's original name, was created by Osamu Tezuka.

 It is about a scientist who lost his son in an accident, and he created a robot that resembles to his dead son. However, the scientist grew mad at the robot and sells it to a circus. The scientist was never heard of again. The robot was then founded by Professor Ochanomizu, and since then, Atom faces many adversaries.

This show has inspired children and adults alike, of facing difficult situations without giving up, of friendship and family, and being different than others. 

References:

http://www.dictionary.com/browse/media

http://www.encyclopedia.com/media/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/society-and-media

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro_Boy_(1963_TV_series)