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Mass Communication Theories and Effects Prompt 1
Students use their smart phones to talk, browse the internet, engage on social media, listen to music, and take photos and/or videos. They communicate a lot on the phone with their peers mostly, engaging on trends and interests. Students also engage a lot on social media for communication, information, entertainment, and various social interactions (Baran, 2006). Students use smart phones to take a lot of photos and videos for social media posting and to send to their friends and family for self-preservation and the need to belong. They also use them for internet browsing to inform themselves. Lastly, they use smart phones for listening to music on-the-go. On social media services, they mostly use Instagram, Tik Tok, Snapchat, YouTube, and Amazon (Webber, n.d.). They use Instagram for following up-to date entertainment content, Snapchat for exchanging their videos and photos with peers, and Tik Tok for sharing their karaoke skills in short videos. They further use YouTube for following up on their favorite artists’ music through short and longer videos, and Amazon to make online purchases. Over the years, the number of social media sites has grown, thus giving people more options to socially engage with. People have also become better versed with technology as it improves, thus increasing their awareness of how to maneuver these sites and use them for better interactions with friends and the world.
References
Baran, S. J. (2006). Introduction to mass communication: Media literacy and culture. Introduction to Mass Communication: Media Literacy and Culture.
Webber, Katie. (N.D.). Unit 5: Mass Media Theories & Effects/Science & Health Comm/Social Media. COMM 1000. https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=d61b4dc57d&attid=0.2&permmsgid=msg-f:1670824735694269211&th=172ff63ea4fe2b1b&view=att&disp=inline&realattid=f_kc0amygu1&saddbat=ANGjdJ8xiWu-Pq2Ahbrlh7ubxT6Dse6WV0_fuRYt9hEA8O0fb7ybi1kztSLs2vWPDPc05j2A0rWYkTCpQFT033fDT-eCLpukhSSZKGCGVEYqOwwV5t0OnPlovxgqZe7sBKn-87EKB_xgWaopWBuoJ2RG6hZOWA8TAFEuVNh1s3mjVTzId11BvNWeRTR7qTqM8XroiB7HaLh5GTGUTqvhIGfFrfMxZE09g4Fi4U_O-17aYpxQkdmT1hY2r3ZDYpZ-FtAEZYsYK8WIWIZL74lJchxgWuqzfVYBqzlixE0sFsxtWQE13EDg8H7EjTt83TqqQE5LkTyoNPJ0Suy-XqWy0HoKiExZAUla2p3NEwAVyqTbBw5_xbe4_WqORASt4AYxVcO6r4Gq6Z9WA-wcHTpVPccJCRXK1n0nbrS6ZkvZHMa6NalYbLPHSBgLRq8QHxY6u9pk1cqrTbyXUEwGZtJxg4iKEcb2O-7P9C5BfGDa6l1GvyXBkLp9iFY462cRmuqjxcLe2jbHde4l0AYtjSS5Z1aADz-XOvWpxXcYgysKO7r34KyQ47N-1VKDEAN5qtQ-IYImiPYzARUcjPR0sRq5aP7YLnfzUvtQUE9iBSjvBydF7VYH74f3P9jYW34KkFdSzmXuknvCPKYojZ0KrmSk4SY0EHB43hfkXMxzHuYybo6IEu0_eRNeo10QZo0gtiY
