For modern communication, there are eight types of mass media that would influence us every day. They are Books, Newspapers, Magazines, Movies, Recordings, Radio, Television and the Internet.
I would say that book is the most original media for peoples. At least for me, I have learnt my first word on the textbook and studied lot knowledge on books. However, to be honest, I don’t like some kinds of books like textbook and famous books because they are too heavy to read. I do love fictions and scientific fiction.
I like newspapers. Newspaper is the most fast media decades ago but not now anymore. I like Newspapers because they are fast, content a lot, and cheap. I used to subscribe newspapers when I was in China. A 100 pages weekly newspaper cost 11 dollars per year. But one thing I don’t like about newspapers is my hands will oily and black after reading because of the ink.
Magazine is my favorite paper media. Magazines are diversity since it can have any topic. Magazines are more like the combination of books and paper. Most of magazines have advancer paper, ink, and printing rather then something heavy or oily. Magazines are not fast like newspaper or content more like a heavy book. But magazines are more delicacy due to they are weekly or monthly published. Since magazines are a weekly or monthly publication, the reporters have more time to organize their essay or finding more beautiful pictures. Editor can pay more attention on editing frame and make a magazine more delicacy.
Movie is a media I love as well. It’s a greater thing that movies tell the entire story within 2 hours compare to when I watched a soap opera and asked what’s going to happen next episode. But one thing regrettable is that people need to spend years to make one movie.
When talking about recordings, what I can think about is my iPod. I love music so much that I can’t live without music. I put my earphone on almost every minute expect in class. I like pop, classic, and R&B music most. There is an example, when i was in China, I walked home because walking to home take more time so that I have more time to listen to music.
Radio is the media that I merely use. People listen to radio in the car, but I don't have one. I watch TV and use internet at home and listen to music when I am outside, so there is no time to listen to radio.
Television is a popular media all over the world. People might don’t subscribe newspapers, magazines or don’t have a MP3 player, but they will have a TV in their home, especially in China. I watch TV since I was a child. With the growing of me, the channels I watched changing from cartoon to news. I was like growing with TV.
Internet is the most popular and powerful media in the world now. There is no doubt that people use internet a lot or at least frequently. I love internet, because I can do all the things above with a computer and internet access. Internet is so powerful that I don’t know how to describe it. Internet changes our lifestyle, change what we do, what we communicate and so on.
Magazines and TV are important for me when I growing up because I absorb tremendously information from them. Internet would be the most important media for me know. Like I said above, a computer and internet access can do everything. I would like to major in public relations because the communication between person-to-media and person-to-person is so important in such a world. I would like to transfer to SJSU a year later.
