Media Use

In my opinion media is basically a way to convey or to deliver message to the society. It can be in any form as long as there is a connection in between, and that connection is the media.

Media is everywhere whether or not people aware that it is used every second and every minute of their life just like as simple as a gesture or a speech or even being silent can gives out a certain message.

The main purpose of media is to send information. Some can be as straight forward as news broadcasts or can be vague in a way which the society can enjoy which is in the form of art. A lot of people tend to make mistake as saying that art it is just colours and pictures on canvas, or just simply a music composed by an artist. Partially it is true but deeply they are the artist’s expression, putting their emotions visually so the others can feel them as well.

Today, almost everybody can gain access to the World Wide Web, the internet. The internet is rich with information. You can find various information with a push of a button from news to entertainment to tutorials and education. The people are the messenger, it does not limit of what they can present to the society. However that freedom can bring positive effects and negative effects as well. For example, staying on the internet longer than you should have their pros and cons, like connecting with other people or gain experience doing relevant things, depends on what the topic is. The bad thing is that they have difficulties when it comes to socializing or communicating in the real world because the ‘feel’ of communicating virtually and in reality is different.

Modern technologies have developed over the century to help people carry messages from one place to another. Like in the stone-age, most common media used are such as smokes, drums, and cave painting. Later in the medieval era they develop the printed media much like stained glass and scripts. Stained glass are colourful and are usually found in churches. They tell stories in which the society today sees as art, scientist conducted studies based on the stained glass, uncovering the untold stories of the past. This is one of the examples on media that they are used to communicate, tell stories or even become a piece of art. It is also depends on the culture as well because different cultures from different region have different perspective upon something that they see, hear, and experience.