The Media and You

[cacian]

Would you sell your story to the media if you had one?
I personally could not because no matter what the money is the risks of long terms regrets are not worth it.

[Darcy88]

No I wouldn't. Also Cacian - everybody has a story.

[Jack of Hearts]

Haha hell yeah, let someone else try to do better with this steamin' pile!

It's all in the telling.




J

[cacian]

No I wouldn't. Also Cacian - everybody has a story.

Do they?
Well if they do I have not seen it and if I have seen it or heard it it seems to be the same old story all over again unless you are saying you have one entirely different from all others veryone knows about. :p


Haha hell yeah, let someone else try to do better with this steamin' pile!

It's all in the telling.




J

Haha not in the saying then.:p

[richardshelton]

The mass media play an important role in our lives. Our society is saturated with media forms – television, newspapers, magazines, radio, the internet. The rise in portable media devices like latops, tablets and smart phones means that we’re never too far away from a constant flow of information and entertainment.

It’s interesting to consider how much of your life you spend consuming media texts.

In a 2005 study conducted by Bell State University’s Center for Media Design found that the average American spends about nine hours a day using some type of media. The study also found:

Americans spend a daily average of 240.9 minutes watching television
Americans spending an average of 120 minutes using computers
women spend more time using more than two types of media at once
the use of the web, e-mail and phones is much higher on Fridays than any other day

“Television is still the 800-pound gorilla because of how much the average person is exposed to it,” noted Bell State University telecommunications professor Robert Papper. “However, that is quickly evolving. When we combine time spent on the Web, using e-mail, instant messaging and software such as word processing, the computer eclipses all other media with the single exception of television. The introduction of the computer into the workplace also has created a whole class of multitaskers. We thought young people would be better at multitasking, but computers have forced older workers to do more than one thing at a time to survive in the workplace.”

[billl]

“Television is still the 800-pound gorilla because of how much the average person is exposed to it,” noted Bell State University telecommunications professor Robert Papper. “However, that is quickly evolving. When we combine time spent on the Web, using e-mail, instant messaging and software such as word processing, the computer eclipses all other media with the single exception of television. The introduction of the computer into the workplace also has created a whole class of multitaskers. We thought young people would be better at multitasking, but computers have forced older workers to do more than one thing at a time to survive in the workplace.”

This is just anecdotal, but as far as I can recall, people at least as far back as the 80's were doing more than one thing at a time at work. There might be some meat to this report and the study that really comes through upon close inspection, but as it is presented here, I don't know... It initially looks like they might not know what they're talking about. I can see how new tech in general might be less of a disturbance to the young; but the habit of multi-tasking isn't something brand new, I don't think.

[YesNo]

Would you sell your story to the media if you had one?

If you mean a story that I wrote, then sure. If you mean my own life story, well, I would probably want to write it up first myself and then sell it to them.

[cacian]

If you mean a story that I wrote, then sure. If you mean my own life story, well, I would probably want to write it up first myself and then sell it to them.

Haha of course let's sell what we write and make money lol


YesNo are you still in search for that signature? :)

[YesNo]

Haha of course let's sell what we write and make money lol


YesNo are you still in search for that signature? :)
For the signature, I'll find some quote from somewhere. Your poem in your signature has tempted me to just write my own.

[cacian]

For the signature, I'll find some quote from somewhere. Your poem in your signature has tempted me to just write my own.

YesNo why not and I will look forward to it :D

[Alexander III]

Speaking on behalf of my generation, for us Television is completely redundant. Why watch programs not of my choice and full of advertisement, when with my computer I am a click away from whatever movie or tv series would take my fancy? The news? Internet. Tv has no more use in the modern world.

[YesNo]

YesNo why not and I will look forward to it :D

Goodbye to


Hmmm. I'm looking for something to use as a signature. :idea:

Hello to


The ants were cleaning up the mess
Lying on my floor.
I set the bait, went back to wait.
They're not there any more.

I did like that :idea: icon.

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Regarding television, AlexanderIII, I don't watch it either. I don't mind not being up-to-date on who won the game, what happened on the most recent reality show, who won the talent contest, or what happened to Sponge Bob.

[cacian]

YesNo that's a cool piece you got there and about the icon you can always keep it haha.

[YesNo]

Thanks, cacian. Getting a signature right is better than watching television. I like the sounds in your poetry.

[cacian]

Thanks, cacian. Getting a signature right is better than watching television. I like the sounds in your poetry.

lol so true televison does not read poetry but words do.
I feel lucky everytime I spell a word.
Thanks for the kind words so glad you like the sounds in my poetry.:)
I like the truthfulness in your poetry brief but very cutting.

[Volya]

Speaking on behalf of my generation, for us Television is completely redundant. Why watch programs not of my choice and full of advertisement, when with my computer I am a click away from whatever movie or tv series would take my fancy? The news? Internet. Tv has no more use in the modern world.

Also speaking on behalf of my generation (which is newer than your one :p ), television isn't completely redundant. Sure, it may be in a few years, but for now, it still works fine. When I'm watching a tv series or a dvd, I watch it on TV, because in general the quality is better, and its more convenient.

Why watch it on a tiny computer screen, when you can watch it on a television? And a lot of the stuff you watch on the internet will be illegally downloaded which (in some cases) will make it worse quality.

[Emil Miller]

Also speaking on behalf of my generation (which is newer than your one :p ), television isn't completely redundant. Sure, it may be in a few years, but for now, it still works fine. When I'm watching a tv series or a dvd, I watch it on TV, because in general the quality is better, and its more convenient.

Why watch it on a tiny computer screen, when you can watch it on a television? And a lot of the stuff you watch on the internet will be illegally downloaded which (in some cases) will make it worse quality.

It may be that a 40 inch TV screen is preferable but I find my19 inch computer screen adequate for watching DVDs and downloaded videos. The range of films available on Youtube far exceeds anything that TV has to offer. I never did give myself over to watching hours of TV for the sake of it although there have been some excellent documentaries in the past: these have became less frequent as trashy celebrity shows and the ghastly reality TV thing has replaced any need for original or exclusive programming. Where TV is still relevant is when it concerns sport and especially football. As someone who has little interest in sport and none at all in football, television is a non issue. As has been mentioned, TV is becoming increasingly redundant and in my home it has been for years. I'll take the computer over television any day.

[Volya]

I take the computer over the tv any day too :)
And with most modern tv packages, there are 'on demand' features that let you watch most shows when you want, thus avoiding the poor ones.

I would also have to disagree on the point that youtube has far better quality than tv. A lot of the stuff on youtube is complete trash too.

[Emil Miller]

I take the computer over the tv any day too :)
And with most modern tv packages, there are 'on demand' features that let you watch most shows when you want, thus avoiding the poor ones.

I would also have to disagree on the point that youtube has far better quality than tv. A lot of the stuff on youtube is complete trash too.

I didn't mean that the quality was better but that the range of things on offer is greater than that of any TV channel.

[Alexander III]

It may be that a 40 inch TV screen is preferable but I find my19 inch computer screen adequate for watching DVDs and downloaded videos. The range of films available on Youtube far exceeds anything that TV has to offer. I never did give myself over to watching hours of TV for the sake of it although there have been some excellent documentaries in the past: these have became less frequent as trashy celebrity shows and the ghastly reality TV thing has replaced any need for original or exclusive programming. Where TV is still relevant is when it concerns sport and especially football. As someone who has little interest in sport and none at all in football, television is a non issue. As has been mentioned, TV is becoming increasingly redundant and in my home it has been for years. I'll take the computer over television any day.

:iagree: