Media and Our Society:2024 Media Presence and Representation as part of Beliefs/Opinions by Alina Mapp

alinamapp1 — 2024-11-18 14:45:37 UTC

Definitions and concepts

Important newspapers around the world

First ever read of the Bible

When Youtube came out

The first podcast/radio

When Instagram was created

When twitter was created

-Reference list:Work cited

-Purpose of the case study

-Key Theories in Mass media

Definition & Concepts

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 22:49:58 UTC

The mass media is a broad communication network that distributes information to a wide audience, influencing culture and public opinion. In the context of mass media, power is the capacity to direct information flow, influence public opinion, and mold public discourse. In mass media, meaning describes how viewers construct, analyze, and comprehend messages and material, through the communication of information. Representation describes how the media creates and presents identities, images, and stories about individuals, communities and concepts. The idea demonstrates how media constructs symbolic meanings and how these representations impact power dynamics and societal attitudes.

Newspaper on the atomic bomb hitting Japan

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 22:58:25 UTC

People all across the world can receive mass communications through newspapers. The media uses newspapers to regulate who gets to talk, what stories are told, and how they are presented. Newspapers emphasize how important the media is as a source of information and how it shapes social dynamics and public opinion. Newspapers are able to use its power to promote one narrative over another, potentially influencing peoples ideas over another. A newspaper can show what they want to represent and show coverage on, focusing on a certain subject.

Holy bible

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 23:00:22 UTC

Around the world, books spread messages that inspire generations to believe in concepts and communicate with one another. Through the author's authority, publication control, and the sharing of information or stories, books serve as an outlet for the exercise of power. The way readers understand, interact with, and make sense of a book in various social, cultural, and historical contexts is just as important to its meaning as the text itself. Books are effective visual tools that depict people, groups, events, and concepts.

Youtube

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 23:15:09 UTC

On February 14, 2005, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim founded YouTube as an online video-sharing platform. In Youtube, power filters the platform's content moderation and the creators, who influence public opinion and trends. The framing, labeling, and interpretation of videos by both producers and consumers generate meaning. The way that individuals, cultures, identities, and political ideologies are portrayed shapes social norms and has the potential to either challenge or maintain current power systems.

Podcasts

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 23:19:20 UTC

The first podcast was created in 2003 by Christopher Lydon and Dave Winer. Control over programming, the capacity to shape public opinion, and the manner in which radio is employed to uphold or subvert social, political, and cultural structures are all examples of radio power. In radio, the way that content is conveyed—through language, tone, music, and show structure—creates meaning. Social conventions, attitudes, and identities are significantly shaped by the voices and viewpoints that are broadcast over the radio.

Instagram

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 23:26:29 UTC

Instagram was created in 2010 by Kevin Systrom, the main sources of power being control over content, access, and users. Users, platforms and its advertisers all have a significant impact on how people see, think, and act. Social media users' creation, sharing, and interpretation of content all contribute to the construction of meaning. The way people, groups, and concepts are portrayed on social media is known as representation, and it has the power to either support or contradict prevailing societal narratives.

Twitter

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 23:32:45 UTC

Twitter was developed in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey, Evan Williams, and Biz Stone, and it was made available to the public on July 15, 2006. Power from Twitter comes from its users, content, access and algorithms. They all have a significant impact on how people see, think and decide to act. This contributes to a very important meaning of sharing and interpreting content that gets distributed to everyone. People, groups and concepts are portrayed on Twitter through representation to either support or contradict different narratives.

Newspaper photo

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 23:42:48 UTC

“A Week in History August 6 - 12 1945.” Fairchild Air Force Base, 9 Aug. 2017, www.fairchild.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/1273671/a-week-in-history-august-6-12/.

Social Media and Broadcast styles

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 23:44:48 UTC

“Mass Media/Social Media.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 24 Oct. 2024, www.britannica.com/topic/public-opinion/Mass-media-and-social-media .

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 23:46:37 UTC

“Newspaper.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, inc., 29 Oct. 2024, www.britannica.com/topic/newspaper.

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 23:52:32 UTC

Jurkowitz, Mark. “Twitter Is the Go-to Social Media Site for U.S. Journalists, but Not for the Public.” Pew Research Center, Pew Research Center, 27 June 2022, www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2022/06/27/twitter-is-the-go-to-social-media-site-for-u-s-journalists-but-not-for-the-public/.

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-08 23:59:13 UTC

Cultivation Theory-long-term exposure to mass media, particularly television, shapes viewers' perceptions of reality.

Framing Theory-The way in which a story is framed can affect how audiences interpret it, like tone, imagery, and context.

Networked Publics and Networked Journalism-Digital technologies, especially social media, have transformed how news is produced, shared, and consumed.

Social Media Photos

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-09 00:06:57 UTC

“20+ Top Social Media Sites and Platforms to Grow Your Brand in 2024.” Buffer, buffer.com/resources/social-media-platforms/#4-instagram. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.

Purpose of this digital case study

alinamapp1 — 2024-12-09 00:08:37 UTC

The purpose of this digital case study is to illustrate the media presence, power, and representation evident in 2024 society. These ideas are very important to our mass communication in the world.