2.Study exercise

This week we were asked to look at a study exercise involving different types of media from Mass to New

From the task i now understand how diverse and complex media is. Beforehand i would look at media as a simple social medium in which people could portray messages to each other whether that be through film and television or blogs and the WWW. Now i see it as a fundamental part of modern life. Without the ability to send such quick messages to one another, the world would run a lot slower. It also allows us to be more knowledgeable of other countries and cultures due to the fact the information is just 'a google' away. There's so much more i could say on the topic but i only have a few words to write this in!

I enjoyed this task as it was a quick and simple summary of media as a whole. It helped me engage with the fact that all media is useful in their own ways and not just something for leisure. Conference calls over the internet and emails being sent allow instant messages to be sent (a lot quicker than royal mail would get them there). Its impressive how a message can be sent to Australia from England within seconds. But anyways i'm going off track.

I've been asked to comment on why i didn't like this task but in my honest opinion i thought it was helpful. I suppose it could be made more interesting by adding more advanced interactivity such as videos and sounds. A little more colour could have been good too but that's all really.

So in summary the task was very helpful and i will be looking back on it numerous times to recap on the information within it.

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