Topic 7

MEDIA IMPERIALISM.

The documentary ; Title: The Power Of Nightmare (part 3-Shadow In The Cave) by Adam Curtis was shown in the class on Monday.How do you relate the information given to you in the documentary to the theory of media Imperialism that we discuss in lecturer class.

Definition of Media Imperialism: is a theory stating that similar countries are losing their identity due to the force feeding of media from larger nation.

Critical Reflection.

1)I have watched a video; The Power Of Nightmares at youtube. It's a documentary video and it was interesting, but a little bit complicated.From this documentary video, i gain an information that i did not know before this.The main idea of this documentary video is about Neo-Conservative movement in between the radical Islamic and America.America have their own strategy to make a smaller countries think about the ideology of terrorism.

Personal Reflection.

~This week,Madam Helena showed us a documentary video about "The Power of Nightmares".This video is a bit long video. It is also i kind of boring video to watch.But after i finished watch this video, i gain a lot of things that i don't know before.By the way, this video helped me to understand more about "Media Imperialsm".

Topic 6

Using McLuhan's "Tetrad Of Media" (see diagram below),choose a medium or media aplication or tool (e.g newspaper, books, radio, television, internet, film, computer games, handphone, instant messaging, blogging, online advertising, youtube, facebook, etc.) andd explain its media effects.


(The diagram of McLuhan's "Tetrad of Media")

Critical Reflection.

1)I've decided to choose 'Television'.Television is an important form of communication and has been for many years.Many people own a television for many reason.From this type of media, we can have live information about the several events like sports and any other good or bad events happening on the globe.Television also provide a good channel for educational, scientific, historical and political programs which is very interesting and informative (e.g National Geographic, Discovery channel, History channel etc.) .We may get detailed news and information from television all the time.

2)I think, television got many usage.Security personnel also use televisions to monitor buildings, manufacturing plants, and numerous public facilities.It is very useful media in this era.But, television have a bad effects also.Not all programs or any show seen on TV are good. Selection of the right ones to watch is advisable. For health risks, TV emits radiation.Too much radiation that the body absorbs is as we all know BAD and may end up to a more serious diseases. Not to mention the eye problems also people get.

Personal Reflection

~In this week Media Culture class, lecturer gave us an explanation about the topic "The Extansion Of Man" .Lecturer gave an information about Mcluhan's theory. Besides, i've learn about hot and cold of media which combine with the Tetrad of media. This is very interesting topic, but its a bit complicated. By the way, i've enjoyed learning this topic.