We Want Media

As the blogs and other online publications flourish, there have been many concerns about the future impact of new media. But for the most part, the focus has been on the future of traditional media, or how their content could carry over to the Web.

A study has shown the negative consequences of the media, including television, the Internet and video games, on young children and teenagers. It’s no news that our lives are constantly and powerfully affected by the media. And its negative affects aren’t surprising either.

For a very long time, media companies have been fighting against ownership restrictions. And for the most part, they have been successful. But now, the FCC is trying to lift the ban on ownership of newspapers and broadcasting by one company in the same city.

In the age of information explosion, it becomes that much harder to set yourself apart from the rest. Creativity seems to be the key, and you need all the publicity you can get. Recently, Chevy tried just that with a Write-Your-Own-Ad-Approach.

Most of us want our privacy protected. Privacy on the Internet has been a hot issue, especially with the recent ruling that Google should turn over some of its search data to the government.

Many newspapers are beginning to electronically publish their stock pages in an effort to cut costs. The Rocky Mountain News is one of the most aggressive among them, moving nearly all its financial listings online with the exception of one page of finance.

We are living in an age of mobile media. It seems that we can’t live without them for a day. Most people own a cell phone, a laptop computer, a mp3 player, so on. We are almost addicted, and we even get nervous when we forget to bring them one day.

The celebrity couples have always been in the center of attention and spotlights, in or outside of the screen. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are no exception; they are actually creating more buzz than any other star couples.

In the era of the blogosphere, many people turn to the Internet instead of newspapers to find information they need-- whatever it may be. Craigslist offers an excellent source to find just about everything, from apartments and roommates to different services or even jobs.

The technology has changed our patterns of communications so much that there have been many researches to study the effects of this new technology on our communications and social interactions.