In our society as individuals Social Media, Television, and movies has changed in how we interact in our everyday lives. This new technology has a changed our American cultures many of the ways, today we do not follow the traditional and proper ethics we once lived by.
It has also had a huge impact on the way we communicate with others; Facebook and Twitter have become the communication outlets for our society. Facebook has three ways it is possible to share your information: friends only, friends of friends, or everyone (Albanesius, 2010).This establishes what type if privacy you prefer when an individual want to view your profile (Albanesius, 2010). Although it has caused our younger generation to display content that is unethical.
This generation has also become quite materialistic, causing them to want the top name brands to keep up with their peers, at all costs in some cases. Teens have hurt other individuals recorded this event, and then post this on these social media sites for their own satisfaction, not thinking about the life altering affects this would have on the individuals.In some cases the result has been suicide. In this case there have been many negative effects to individuals with no regard to others.
These advancements have also affected the movies and television we watch today. There are no longer just the basic networks, cable television is now the only way we can receive television. Cable television has broadened the spectrum in a wide range of changes in the ways our programs are viewed today. The content of visual entertainment drastically has changed in the content in the television shows and movies because of the First Amendment of the U. S.
Constitution and its protection.They have become quite graphic and explicit. Our children are experiencing information that is not appropriate for them. Sexual content and foul language has become part of the normal.
This has caused our culture to be influenced in ways that can have a violent influence on certain individuals. In 2010 Cable networks and satellite television went to battle, Dish Network and DirecTV Satellite. DirecTV 18. 6 in the head, and Dish Network at 14. 3 million subscribers (Lohr, 1940).
These companies are very similar in their services they provide to the public. They both offer a variety of premium packages from ESPN, new networks, sports packages, as well as the movie channels, HBO, STARZ and SHOWTIME. The DVR is also an option; this device along with the DVD player has replaced the VCR. There are also sites like Netflix, where you pay a monthly fee, and you are able to choose a movie to watch, either through a device connected to your television or on a laptop. Television is where many of our actors, actresses, and music artist became the celebrities they are today.
Some stay famous and just fall through the cracks. Television provides daily or weekly shows anywhere from comedy, drama, to action as well as still remaining to be the main source of receiving our news, but the Internet is slowly taking this over as well. To say the visual media has played a big part in the way individuals spend their time with family and friends The 19th century also brought us the movies; they discovered ways through technology make illusions come real through photography.Then the cinemas began a huge part of our society.
Many individuals experienced their first date at these cinemas. These theaters have become so advanced it is as if you were sitting in your living room. In 2009, the concept of three dimensional (3D) film became a huge success, the theaters grossed billions worldwide (Gray, 2010). Movies also have become very explicit; the sexual content has become quite graphic, showing more of the body in scenes than ever before.As well as television, the movies have become more violent, which in some cases have had a negative effect on our society. In this society, today we have many advances in our American culture that could as well as can, affect the way our society behaves.
I believe individuals have been influenced in positive ways and also negative ways. It lies with individual, and how they respect our world and all the advances in our technology and the opportunities it has to offer, and enjoy them in the manner for which they were created.
