Privacy and Piracy with the Media

With these issues of privacy and piracy, it is essential that we become an informed consumer. If we remain ignorant of what is happening we could lose our privacy, your identity and perhaps be arrested. On the other hand, we are called and reminded to be aware of what we are doing and stay in control of our progress. With this also we shall make it fun. Dare to explore new ideas, be aware of it and lastly beware of its effects and influences.

Media Violence

This chapter basically tries to expand everyone’s perspective on media violence and help you see the problem in a more complete and realistic manner. This chapter, is also a kind of notice and appeal to everyone especially to those who are already media literate to impart and apply their knowledge on those who are not yet informed and no knowledge of this disturbing issue on media which is the violence. Parental guidance is highly recommended and required regarding this issue especially on their children. On my part, becoming more media literate in this issue of media violence requires that people think more broadly about the effects and understand the full range of risk to themselves and other people especially in dealing with this misconception and misinterpretation of the effects and influences of media,by that  it can be avoided and prevented.

Media Influence in Sport

Sports are actually entertaining and exciting. In sport, people usually compete, challenge one another, and exhibits their talents and skills. Many people love sports and they really spend money in just watching their idols and favorite players. This is because of the influence of media and the great role of money in it. In this chapter, Media Influence in Sports, talks about how media use this recreational activity to make money out of it. As i understood this chapter, it gives information in challenging every individual to be aware of what they were engaging especially with connection to sports. I am also invited to value the changes in me upon knowing the negative impacts of media and taught me to avoid experiencing potentially negative on my life.

Reality and Media Messages

“The media spin reality to make it appear more exiting and thus attract people away from their real lives”

Media are very powerful and very overwhelming. It can control one’s life and be slave of it. Media is also deceiving and tempting. seeing this thing, this chapter tries to recognize the proper perspective on approaching media and getting rid of unnecessary and bad effects of it. The chapter distinguishes the real world from media world. By this it can really help those in living in confusion and in deception about the reality of the media and the world. I find this chapter really interesting and helpful to me in developing media literacy.

Helping Others Increase Media Literacy

This chapter is already an application and to test what I have got and learned in the previous chapter we had discussed in class. Anyway, this chapter gives reliable instructions on proper way of helping others regarding media literacy. This is very helpful again in every man’s awareness to the new era, the world of media..

Personal Strategy for Increasing Media LIteracy

“Only you have the power to increase your own level of media literacy”

In this chapter, several strategies are showed and it was presented step by step, a very helpful guide in increasing media literacy. There are also illustrations given for further understanding of this chapter.

I learn that, it’s not just having strategies and techniques that i can increase my knowledge on media but also I need to  increase my awareness and control on it and learn it by continue practicing over time as well.

The Importance of Real-World Knowledge

“The more primary knowledge we have about our world, the stronger the context we have for evaluating the accuracy and the usefulness of information from the media.”

Having this idea of significance of the real world knowledge is very helpful in approaching the media. this would be our basic knowledge and foundation in developing media literacy. having this knowledge is a great advantage in distinguishing necessary information out of the flood of information everyday in our lives. Although media provided resources, it would be very nice if everyone can do their part and have a strong personal locus in seeking necessary information which wee actually need to satisfy our personal choice and needs, rather than just accepting what media gives without considering first one’s need.

The Priest and Pastoral Ministry in a Digital World: New Media at the Service of the Word

Media is an overwhelming reality in the lives of people nowadays. It is a very strong force that easily penetrate and influence human mind. In this article of Pope Benedict XVI, the priest and the pastoral ministry are called  to make use of these “new media at the service of the Word. With this, it can be very helpful tool in propagating and promoting the Good news to the world by this new product of man’s progress. using and availing this new technology especially in spreading God’s word is also a sign of the openness of the Church in new possibilities of faster and widened coverage of media for gospel proclamation throughout the world.

Media Effects on Institution

Undoubtedly, television is a very powerful instrument of media. This chapter shows how such instrument overwhelmed the lives of man. This clearly shows that there’s no escape on the great force of media. Everyone can be subjected to it. I can say that television is a nice product of media although they call it an idiot box, it can also be benefiting. It can be source of information and edutainment but also can be used as evil means in exposing unethical acts like pornography, violence etc… In this, we are really called to be responsible on what is proper and act what is supposed to act.

How does Media Effects Process Work

This chapter increase my appreciation of mass media especially its effect. It also impart an information that could be helpful to everyone in discovering advantages to one’s condition in life through the media effects. Besides, this topic concerning the effects of media widen my perspective and taught me how to manage my media exposures to reduce the risk of experiencing negative effects while increasing the probability of achieving positive effects.