This is for question number 3 - "Do you think people today use the mass media differently compared with how people used media 10 or 20 years ago? Whatever your position, justify it."
Yes I do believe people today use the mass media differently compared to how it was used 10 or even 20 years ago. Ten years ago in 2005 YouTube had just been created which launched careers for many young inspiring celebrities today such as Justin Bieber. It is also a site where people can post videos of whatever they like, music, television, and even movies, which allowed many people to start viewing from the comfort of their homes. The social media known as myspace was created in 2003 which allowed people to post photos of whatever they liked for their friends to see, and later Facebook was created which is now the largest social media site in the world. In 1995 media was used to get information, scheduling, advertising, and educational purposes. In the past ten to twenty years it has gradually changed to an invasion of privacy. You can not do anything without it being posted online, discussed on the internet, or tweeted about. For example in the past few years many videos have surfaced of police officers breaking up riots or acting out of character creating controversy between race and the law. This is especially significant in the younger generation because they have grown up with this type of mass media where they think of it as the norm. News stations now have to compete with media sites such as twitter and Facebook because the news gets out much faster and conveniently than waiting for the six o’clock news. Misrepresentation of how women and men are shown through the mass media creating stereotypes of each group of people has a negative impact on the next generation of children.
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