MIL Assignment

1. Given the available media that we now have in the world, what are its roles and functions in a democratic society?

- Due to its abundance medias like the television, radio, printed articles, and internet have been divided to portray different roles and functions in the world we live in today.

*Television - Probably every household has a TV, making one of the prime sources of news and information needed to be disseminated to the mass. Every channel has a news segment so every one can be updated with the latest events. Another of its function is to create mass entertainment. Television channels have show that play all day long, may it be original or borrowed from another source of entertainment e.g. Korean dramas.
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*Radio - Maybe the TV might be the most common household media, but the radio beats it in terms of convenience and easy-to-access basis. Most old-style phones (not smart phones) have a built-in radio as part of its program. Basically, a radio has similar functions to a television with the only factor that the radio is only audio-based. TVs may give more elaborated information with its graphic images, but in case of emergencies, radio is enough to be your best companion.

*Printed Articles - We may not notice it a lot, but printed articles are the best source of information and entertainment when no electric device is accessible nearby. And to be honest, that's pretty much it. (not saying that printed articles are basic. it just that i've mentioned its functions already above cuz you know they just have the same function)

*Internet - The internet is probably the most used media right now. With accessibility (even if a higher cost is paid) and easy-to-carry factor, it appeals the mass the most. I don't think there's a need to explain this since this is something everyone can relate to.

2. In what way does media affect your life?

As person who lived in the Information Age, media has greatly affected me in ways I may or may have noticed. When I look for information, I go to the internet. When I'm bored, I read magazines. When I need to know the news, I listen or watch the radio or TV. There is so much more to what media has done to me, I can't list it all. Probably because there are too many. Or probably because I don't know all of it yet.

How Technology Changed My Life

I am a millennial. I was born in an era where the world is run by technology and innovation. I grew up in  a society where man and computer combine forces to make living more effective. I live in an environment where every single teenager of my age own at least one technological device. This is the life of a Generation Y baby.

Every time I look around and see my friends with their phones under their noses, I can't help but think, "What if me and my friends were born on the generation of Baby Boomers?" And every time I do so, I imagine us on 50's - 60's clothing, playing patintero in a sunny day, selling banana cue, going to the nearest plaza and a lot more things my grandma would use to tell me about her childhood life. I imagine a life where there were less shortcuts to living like going to my friend's house to talk with her, keeping the clock in check in case I miss my favorite TV show, going to the latest library to fill up my homework and a whole lot more. I even imagine myself writing a five-page essay at night! Just thinking about it made it seem so tough to live like that, but being a Baby Boomer had one thing most millennials don't: they live every single moment. I could almost imagine myself that instead of a phone, I would carry a small notebook with me everywhere I go and write important details as the day goes on. When the moon rises, I would transfer those in my journal and I could see myself smile as I write. I would smile because the day was great and I was able to live on it when it was. And now that it has come to an end, it will become a memory, It will be a memory very treasured and not easily forgotten.

And yet every time I slip in this fantasy, I awaken in the thought that it is not true. I carry phone, not a notebook. I use camera, not a journal. I chat with my friends when they are far away  so I don't have to go two miles from one point to another to talk to them. And even if advanced technology took away a way for me to live, it gave me an easier way to life needs. When I need information, I go the Google, not the library. I watch my favorite shows online, and even re-watch them in my own  pace.

Technology paved way to easier life style but it took away some important things. That's okay, I think. After all, everything comes with a price and this is the price our advanced innovation asked for.