New Media a Pandora's Box?

The new media has distorted moral values of many individuals especially the young and impressionable. As the new media is too large and cannot be controlled, individuals can easily open websites that portray women in a degrading manner. 

As these websites are easily accessible, the younger audience can gain access to these websites and they might be obsessed over it and develop sexual urges at a very young age.

Statistics on Internet Pornography

One recent study has shown that adolescents whose media diet includes more sexual content— and content that presents sexuality in a risk-free light— are also likely to engage in more sexual activity and report a greater degree of openness to sexual activity. (Anderson et al., 2003)

With greater openness to sex, many young audiences may think love is just a culmination of sex. Many young boys might pressure their girlfriends into having sex and if they were to refuse, these boys would then force themselves upon the girls. 

Let’s not attack pornographic sites but instead just observe our everyday lives. We are constantly inundated with advertisements vying for our attention and of course the money in our pockets. If you take a good look at these advertisements, almost half of them use women’s sexuality to sell their product

Gucci Guilty

 Not only that, the sanctity of the female body is degraded in vivid implicit and explicit portrayals of sex in television and movies. 

Sex scenes are never uncommon in movies and televisions series. In fact, these scenes might even be the highlight of the entire movie!

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1. 

"Am I the only one who watched Breaking Dawn just for the bed scenes and not for their crappy storyline?"

Links:

Pictures from Google

Videos from Youtube

"END VIOLENCE TOGETHER  For The Dignity Of Every Woman"; "http://www.endingviolence.org/files/uploads/AquaintanceRapeFactSheet.pdf"

Rainn Satistics on Rape;
http://www.rainn.org/statistics?gclid=CObU7aXWnbICFQV76wodXF8Ajw

""Studying Medis Effects on Children And Youth" ; 
"http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy.uow.edu.au/lib/uow/docDetail.action?docID=10141214&p00=new+media"

Entertainment Media

Media has evolved from its role to inform, to educate and to influence opinion to become providers of entertainment. Internet has provided its users with fast relaxation through various entertainment websites that allows users easy access to videos and online games.

Some of online video games: Diablo, Final Fantasy, Grand Theft Auto and Skyrim

Youtube has wide range of videos to cater to different tastes of entertainment from parodies to music videos and even short humorous films.

 One of the more funnier video by CollegeHumor: Batman loses his voice

For women who just want to destress through retail therapy, they can do so within the comforts of their own home

G market, a popular online shopping website catering to variety of items

Furthermore, new media has evolved to become more interconnected bringing individuals from all walks of lives together. Internet it has enabled easy transfer of information and ideas and especially shared interests. Thus, friendships can be forged when individuals of the same tastes and preferences get together. This can be seen especially with the recent craze on Korean pop groups.

From left: 2NE1, Girls Generation, Super Junior , Beast , Wondergirls, T-Ara.

K-POP’s catchy and wacky tunes have caught the attention of millions of people all over the world especially in the recent viral music video “Oppa Gangnam Style” by popular rapper Psy.

With all these entertainment websites and channels to relax our mind after a long and hectic day at work, the question right now is why are we more stress than ever?

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Videos from Youtube.

Pictures from Google

Make way for New Media!

Very dramatic isnt it? This video highlighted plenty of issues in that the new media has brought to the world today. The way we communicate with one another as well the increasing reliance on new media in our everyday lives.

Before the emergence of New Media, traditional media such as radio and television have been influential on people’s daily lives and routine. It plays an important role in connecting with individuals from all over the world. It has the ability to reach to a wide audience and is crucial in the delivering of strong and life-changing messages.

Due to advancements in information technology, we are now living in the golden era of new media. This has caused New Media to become a pervasive effective phenomenon, improving its role to spread news and information.

 While it cannot be denied that new media has become a vital part of our lives, empowering us with capabilities never before we could do. The new media has brought profound changes in our daily lives. These changes either for the better or the worse remain debatable. One school of thought believes that new media is a revolutionary tool that has equipped us with greater efficiency and productivity to face the hectic lifestyle. The opposing camp refers the new media as a “Pandora’s Box”, bringing more destruction than benefit. The next 4 blog posts will discuss these spilling effects of New Media.

Links

'Technology Ruins Romance' ,Youtube 

'New  Media Vs Traditional Media'; Nagasvare D/O M. Krishnasamy, Malaysia; "http://www.aibd.org.my/node/1226"