Influence Of Media On American Culture

Understanding Media

Guinevere Osental

HUM/186

September 14, 2015

Allyson Wells

Understanding Media

Different forms of ways for people to connect have evolved throughout the years. From media emergence to media convergence, people had put mere thoughts or ideas of better communication into the technology every person owns today today. Media has made a way throughout the world, changing as people discovered and invented new ways for more and more people to connect with more people. Understanding how media had evolved through developments, ways of influence, and convergence can help people have a better understanding of media.

Media Developments

People have created new developments throughout the evolution of media. Generations have

Back in the day, children would play outside or read books. Before the invention of television, people had to find other means of entertainment. However, books are still being read by people of today. Books have shown different opinions of different writers and have proven to change the way a person may think. Romance stories have women looking for more romance, for example. The same goes for newspapers, although newspapers are more informative of what may be going on around the world. The creation of radios allowed people to use voices to deliver a message. With the invention of televisions, people created the different television shows. Radios then started playing music. Television had then showed shows that constantly had people thinking (Singer, 2008). Whatever channel people surfed throughout the years, television shows would make people feel. People would then react to feelings. Television and radios have also raised the people's freedom of speech, allowing people to argue on talk shows. Now that there is the internet, people write blogs and reviews on certain products or locations that might be or might not be suitable for other people. People have based decisions on what other people have to say. People can read blogs and reviews in more devices than just a computer, but on laptops and smartphones, as well. “Media outlets try to influence everything from how people shop to how people vote,”

Since media convergence is the latest evolution of media, media sources are now accessible from just one device. People can receive incoming sources of media from all devices that can now access news, emails, and other messages without the need to drive to the office or home. There are students now using tablets and laptops for research and taking down notes. This The ability to access media from anywhere gives every person more time to do more at once. Business wise, media is now released through different sources using one device, enabling a business to have fewer employees to do the job. The convergence of media had made living more