After just getting back from break, the last thing I want to do is any school work. I was able to spend a week in Florida relaxing and soaking up the sun, even though it was only around 70 degrees there. At least I wasn't back at home dealing with snow and cold weather and was able to come home with somewhat of a tan. I feel like I just got home from Florida and it is already half way through the week. Where does time go?
Today I did a presentation about media. It was on a theory called media dependency theory. Basically in this theory people automatically go to a news source for information about a topic. This could be the newspapers, TV, friends/family, social media (Facebook, Twitter), and online newspapers. This theory says that people are going to go to the source that they are most comfortable with and can meet their needs or interests. This explains why there is so many different ways to obtain information. You don't really think about it how you get your information until someone may ask you.
I personally don't watch the news or read it on an everyday basis. I also don't usually follow up on stories. But when I do hear about something or read about something it is usually through the local news (TV) or on CNN.com. But to further explain this theory I will give you an example of where I did not turn to these things first.
Everyone has heard about the Sandy Hook school shootings. Well the first time that I heard about Sandy Hook was through Twitter and I had no idea what Sandy Hook was or what had even happened. I kind of avoided the subject for a little bit and then my mom called. She was very upset and started telling me about what had happened at Sandy Hook. The reason why she was so upset was because my older sister is a first grade teacher. She was so worried that it could have happened at her school. After hearing this news from my mom I turned on the TV and was watching the news about the shooting. It was either CNN or FoxNews that was broadcasting the shooting. I didn't really keep up with it after that unless I happened to turn the news on in the morning or someone had a post or tweet about it online.
I think the main reason why I turn to CNN if its online is because I feel like they are more of a source to state the facts and provide less bias (but here my bias gets in the way because other people could feel differently). I try to avoid social media sites at all cost to get information because it catches me off guard and doesn't have the full story. I feel like I cannot keep up with all of the information that people are posting to comprehend the immensity of a story.
But the media dependency theory varies between ages because older generations rely on newspapers for information, while the younger generation goes to the Internet or social media to find out information. People will start to hunt around to other sources when they want to know more, but in general stick with what they are most comfortable with.
Today I did a presentation about media. It was on a theory called media dependency theory. Basically in this theory people automatically go to a news source for information about a topic. This could be the newspapers, TV, friends/family, social media (Facebook, Twitter), and online newspapers. This theory says that people are going to go to the source that they are most comfortable with and can meet their needs or interests. This explains why there is so many different ways to obtain information. You don't really think about it how you get your information until someone may ask you.
I personally don't watch the news or read it on an everyday basis. I also don't usually follow up on stories. But when I do hear about something or read about something it is usually through the local news (TV) or on CNN.com. But to further explain this theory I will give you an example of where I did not turn to these things first.
Everyone has heard about the Sandy Hook school shootings. Well the first time that I heard about Sandy Hook was through Twitter and I had no idea what Sandy Hook was or what had even happened. I kind of avoided the subject for a little bit and then my mom called. She was very upset and started telling me about what had happened at Sandy Hook. The reason why she was so upset was because my older sister is a first grade teacher. She was so worried that it could have happened at her school. After hearing this news from my mom I turned on the TV and was watching the news about the shooting. It was either CNN or FoxNews that was broadcasting the shooting. I didn't really keep up with it after that unless I happened to turn the news on in the morning or someone had a post or tweet about it online.
I think the main reason why I turn to CNN if its online is because I feel like they are more of a source to state the facts and provide less bias (but here my bias gets in the way because other people could feel differently). I try to avoid social media sites at all cost to get information because it catches me off guard and doesn't have the full story. I feel like I cannot keep up with all of the information that people are posting to comprehend the immensity of a story.
But the media dependency theory varies between ages because older generations rely on newspapers for information, while the younger generation goes to the Internet or social media to find out information. People will start to hunt around to other sources when they want to know more, but in general stick with what they are most comfortable with.
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