Monday, November 17, 2008

The Mediatization of the Youth

Speaker:
Rev. Fr. Christian Buenafe , O'Cram


Last November 13, 2008 a symposium about Mediatization of the youth was conducted at Assumption College of Nabunturan. The symposium talked about Media. Its main objective is to help the youth understand what Media is, how it affects our life and our generation today, to be aware of what Media really is.

"Media,Media,Media", when he hear the word Media , students and young people says its all about news and informations.

Media is a channel through which the message is transmitted. It is a part of communication process which you can gather information. There are different forms of media: the print media, broadcast and electronic media, folk and traditional media ,group and visual media, and the non-media communication.

Print Media is a medium that disseminates printed matter.
For example
newspaper,
magazines,
newsletters,
manuals,
pamphlets,
letters and a lot more.

Broadcast and electronic Media communications delivered over mass electronic communication networks and via electronic or electromechanical energy.
Examples
radio
television
cellular phones
internet
broadband
cinemas
video camera and a lot more.

Folk and traditional Media are mediums which are being performed and translated in a form of mvement.
For example
dance
rituals
drama
story telling
ballads
chanters
praise singers
songs and a lot more.

Group and visual media is also known as "Mass Media", it is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a very large audience such as the population of a nation state.
for eaxaample:
slides
flip charts
posters
stickers
banners
billboards
photos journals and a lot more.

The last on the list , is The Non-media communication. Are media communications which are very common nowadays. It is by doing or being done by a person.
For exaaample
Face to face communications
home visits
public meetings
games / contests
group discussion
role playing
draama
symposia and a lot more.

Indeed, it is said that Media is the poweful catalysts for modernizing youth culture. It is a man-made force that can influence people. They say that the "youth" is the primary target of the media because the youth has the "purchasing power".

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