In general, Media refers to various means of communications. There are many media that we can refer to, such as: mass media, social media, computer media digital media and etc. These media undoubtedly is changing our lifestyle, turning us to rely more and more on media in daily life. But, how these media help us to satisfy our needs in term of news and entertainment?
Before that, lets have a short look on the 9 basic needs of human by Abrahim Maslow. The 9 basic needs are:
1) Security - need to feel safe, to feel assured that they know what is going to happen, to know ahead of time what the plans are.
2) Adventure - need for an adrenaline rush, to have new experiences, to travel, to have BIG experiences
3) Freedom - need for independence and spontaneity. It is also the need to have choices and to feel in control of making those choices.
4) Exchange - need to trade information and knowledge with others, not just to mingle or socialize, but to deliver and receive something of value.
5) Power - need for Power need to be in a position of authority and responsibility.
6) Expansion - need to build something, to add onto, to create an empire, to expand horizons, to go where no one has gone before.
7) Acceptance - need to accept yourself and be accepted by others.
8) Community - need for Community like having people around.
9) Expression - need to be artistic, to be seen, to be heard, to be felt. It is the need to express oneself through words, speech, actions, dress, art and self-creations of all types.
Before that, lets have a short look on the 9 basic needs of human by Abrahim Maslow. The 9 basic needs are:
1) Security - need to feel safe, to feel assured that they know what is going to happen, to know ahead of time what the plans are.
2) Adventure - need for an adrenaline rush, to have new experiences, to travel, to have BIG experiences
3) Freedom - need for independence and spontaneity. It is also the need to have choices and to feel in control of making those choices.
4) Exchange - need to trade information and knowledge with others, not just to mingle or socialize, but to deliver and receive something of value.
5) Power - need for Power need to be in a position of authority and responsibility.
6) Expansion - need to build something, to add onto, to create an empire, to expand horizons, to go where no one has gone before.
7) Acceptance - need to accept yourself and be accepted by others.
8) Community - need for Community like having people around.
9) Expression - need to be artistic, to be seen, to be heard, to be felt. It is the need to express oneself through words, speech, actions, dress, art and self-creations of all types.
The Internet can make you smarter, experts say. According to a new survey of scientists, business leaders, and technology developers in summer 2008, three out of four experts said our use of the Internet enhances and augments human intelligence, and two-thirds said use of the Internet has improved reading, writing, and rendering of knowledge. Therefore, we can make a hypothesis that media helps in satisfy our expansion need. Through online journalism and online newspaper, we are able to increase our general knowledge about what is happening around us globally in just a few clicks. If man wants food for his belly, he also needs news for his mind to keep pace with the world. In other words, news are today's world encyclopedias.
Secondly, social media such as Facebook, Friendster, and Twitter enhance the meeting of people around the world, providing them to chat and know each other without traveling around places. Hence, it satisfies our community need. These social media make us accessible to meet with different people in different countries, makes it less awkward when communicating with strangers or people we are not familiar with. Further more, it is never a hard work for us to join groups in Facebook that are having similar likes and dislikes. So, it also satisfy our acceptance need. By being accepted in a group, people will meets his self-esteem, and these people will often be a stabilizing presence and help others tolerate with each other and avoid any conflict in group. At the same time, they share their knowledge, experiences in a same group. satisfy their exchange need.
Media such as music, television, blog, cinema and theater share one purpose, to satisfy the need of expression. The author of a blog or the director of a movie express their feeling and their opinion about certain issue through their works. They are actually promoting understanding through art, words, and behaviors. For example, the movie "2012" shows the director's concern about the environmental issue of our Earth and invoke us to start to care our environment.
Through playing games, we are actually satisfying our adventure need. People like adventures and explore new things. However, not all of us are having enough resources to explore the adventure such as students. They do not own any income and thus they will have no money to travel to new place. Games satisfy their needs. Games such as: Assassin Creeds use real life places and scenery in Italy. The players who play the games will feel like they are actually in Italy. The same theory apply in playing racing games since illegal racing is forbidden. Games such as Grand Thief Auto, Sims City have no particular rules to obey. The player can change their character's appearance, hairstyle or way of dressing, feel free to move the character around the game world without restrictions. Thus, gaming also satisfy the need of freedom which the players can't experience in real life.
As a conclusion, the media helps people to satisfy their needs. It did a great impact on our society today. Therefore, although it satisfy our needs in some way, there have to be some control on the usage of media. A wrong or misuse of media could bring violent to society. For instant, Batman or any superhero movie. They are trying to confess to people to be a justice and honor person. But a misunderstanding of the meaning could affect people to be solve problem violently.
Secondly, social media such as Facebook, Friendster, and Twitter enhance the meeting of people around the world, providing them to chat and know each other without traveling around places. Hence, it satisfies our community need. These social media make us accessible to meet with different people in different countries, makes it less awkward when communicating with strangers or people we are not familiar with. Further more, it is never a hard work for us to join groups in Facebook that are having similar likes and dislikes. So, it also satisfy our acceptance need. By being accepted in a group, people will meets his self-esteem, and these people will often be a stabilizing presence and help others tolerate with each other and avoid any conflict in group. At the same time, they share their knowledge, experiences in a same group. satisfy their exchange need.
Media such as music, television, blog, cinema and theater share one purpose, to satisfy the need of expression. The author of a blog or the director of a movie express their feeling and their opinion about certain issue through their works. They are actually promoting understanding through art, words, and behaviors. For example, the movie "2012" shows the director's concern about the environmental issue of our Earth and invoke us to start to care our environment.
Through playing games, we are actually satisfying our adventure need. People like adventures and explore new things. However, not all of us are having enough resources to explore the adventure such as students. They do not own any income and thus they will have no money to travel to new place. Games satisfy their needs. Games such as: Assassin Creeds use real life places and scenery in Italy. The players who play the games will feel like they are actually in Italy. The same theory apply in playing racing games since illegal racing is forbidden. Games such as Grand Thief Auto, Sims City have no particular rules to obey. The player can change their character's appearance, hairstyle or way of dressing, feel free to move the character around the game world without restrictions. Thus, gaming also satisfy the need of freedom which the players can't experience in real life.
As a conclusion, the media helps people to satisfy their needs. It did a great impact on our society today. Therefore, although it satisfy our needs in some way, there have to be some control on the usage of media. A wrong or misuse of media could bring violent to society. For instant, Batman or any superhero movie. They are trying to confess to people to be a justice and honor person. But a misunderstanding of the meaning could affect people to be solve problem violently.
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