Understanding the Media
QUESTION:
UNDERSTANDING THE MEDIA.IN YOUR ESSAY YOU MAY INCOPORATE WHY THE MEDIA MATTER AND WHY CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MEDIA IS NECESSARY
INTRODUCTION
Since the media has now become the centre of today`s life controlling every aspect of it, it is therefore very important to understand and to critically observe how the media operates .It is however questionable to understand how the media balances between meeting its goals and targets as a business and fulfilling its role of acting as the peoples voice as expected by the society it serves without compromising on each of the two.
BODY
It is only through the understanding of the media that the people get to know that the media plays an important role in educating the society. Francois Nell notes that `the media contribute to social development`.(Writing For The Media In Southern Africa:3rd Edition).Through the media, education has moved from indirect teaching to direct teaching whereby the minors and students get to learn through different T.V programs like the Tekalani Sesami(SABC 3) and Matrics Uploaded(SABC 2).Though this development in Media production learning has become so convenient thus contributing to the educational growth of the community.
It is also vital to understand the media production so as to know when and when not to blame the media when scandals take place .Stony Brooke notes that, `the effects of media seem necessary to depend on the patterns of audience use.` It is however unfair to blame the media on the abuse of the media forms by the public it tend to benefit. It is therefore important to take note of the fact that the audience has a major role to play as far as media content is pertained.
Understanding media production is vital too so as to know the truth behind some nasty news said of the media by the public. a good understanding of the media enables us to know how to relate and deal with some of these accusations. Gilmore p37 notes that `news is more of a conversation and the
UNDERSTANDING THE MEDIA.IN YOUR ESSAY YOU MAY INCOPORATE WHY THE MEDIA MATTER AND WHY CRITICAL ENGAGEMENT WITH THE MEDIA IS NECESSARY
INTRODUCTION
Since the media has now become the centre of today`s life controlling every aspect of it, it is therefore very important to understand and to critically observe how the media operates .It is however questionable to understand how the media balances between meeting its goals and targets as a business and fulfilling its role of acting as the peoples voice as expected by the society it serves without compromising on each of the two.
BODY
It is only through the understanding of the media that the people get to know that the media plays an important role in educating the society. Francois Nell notes that `the media contribute to social development`.(Writing For The Media In Southern Africa:3rd Edition).Through the media, education has moved from indirect teaching to direct teaching whereby the minors and students get to learn through different T.V programs like the Tekalani Sesami(SABC 3) and Matrics Uploaded(SABC 2).Though this development in Media production learning has become so convenient thus contributing to the educational growth of the community.
It is also vital to understand the media production so as to know when and when not to blame the media when scandals take place .Stony Brooke notes that, `the effects of media seem necessary to depend on the patterns of audience use.` It is however unfair to blame the media on the abuse of the media forms by the public it tend to benefit. It is therefore important to take note of the fact that the audience has a major role to play as far as media content is pertained.
Understanding media production is vital too so as to know the truth behind some nasty news said of the media by the public. a good understanding of the media enables us to know how to relate and deal with some of these accusations. Gilmore p37 notes that `news is more of a conversation and the