MEDIA: ITS IMPACT TO

VALUES

WHAT ARE THEY?

WHO IS HE?

QUESTIONS

How do you find these social networking

sites?

As a student, do these sites benefit you?

Are there negative impacts you experienced

with these sites?

It is umbrella term for

the different kinds of

mediums that enrich us

with knowledge, and vital

information.

WHAT IS MEDIA?

TYPES OF MEDIA

Modern media comes in different kinds

today:

• PRINT MEDIA

• newspapers, magazines, books, and

comics or graphic novels

• RADIO

• Use sounds to

convey

information

TYPES OF MEDIA

• TELEVISION • TV programs such as

news, game shows, episodes, anime, sports, cinemas, commercials, etc…

• MOVIES • Distributed through CD

& DVDs, tv, cellphones, computers

TYPES OF MEDIA

• VIDEO GAMES • Nintendo Wii,

Microsoft Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation III, etc.

• MUSIC • Mp3s, file sharing

through internet

TYPES OF MEDIA

• MOBILE PHONES • SMS, mms, photo

messaging, email, internet

• SOFTWARE • Application

programs such as typing tutor, Photoshop, etc.

TYPES OF MEDIA

• INTERNET • Web browsers

such as Mozilla, IE, Opera, Google Chrome

• Websites such as Google, Yahoo, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, etc..

TYPES OF MEDIA

IMPACT OF MEDIA TO

CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS

Power of Media Messages

• The impact of media occurs slowly as they hear the message over and over such as:

• Fighting and violence used as a way to handle conflicts

• Cigarettes and alcohol shown as cool and attractive, not unhealthy and deadly

• Sexual action with no negative result such as disease and unintended pregnancy

IMPACT OF MEDIA TO

CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS

Media Messages: good or bad?

• Whatever form they take (ads, movies, video

games), messages can be either good or bad

to children and young adults.

Media Messages

• Fatty foods and thin

bodies

• Unhealthy diet

• Obesity

IMPACT OF MEDIA TO

CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS

Media Messages

• Use of cigarettes

and alcohol

• Smoking,

drinking or drug

abuse

IMPACT OF MEDIA TO

CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS

Media Messages

• Violence

• Aggressiveness

• Fear

IMPACT OF MEDIA TO

CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS

Media Messages

• Use of Internet &

Computer

• Poor school

performance

• Internet and game

addiction

IMPACT OF MEDIA TO

CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS

Research becomes easier

Teaching and learning

becomes easier

Communications become

easier

Entertainment becomes

easier

BENEFITS OF MODERN

MEDIA

19

Identify

problem

Authority response

Media campaign

Stigmatize

Simplify

Anxiety about media use

Addiction!

Video games!

Public’s knowledge of science

Censor/regulate

MORAL AND MEDIA EFFECTS

QUESTIONS

Do the media affect our values as a

society......or are they just a reflection

that we can interpret however we like?

Do you think you personal values

changed or reinforced by consuming

media?