Quiz

Link to the 1st_and_2nd_week_quiz

Some wrong comments:

• Media is biased
• Too much violence in the media
• Too much media usage make people anti-social
• …
• All in all, technology is not the problem. It is how people use it that causes problems.

Difference between “media” and “the media”:

The media: people will associate negative things with “the media”

Media is a plural of medium. It is wrong to term the “media” so broadly. We should be more specific in identifying type of media:

• News or information media
• Entertainment media
• Social media
• .. We should know that these categories are based on their purpose

Profiting and informing

• The primary goal of media companies is to make profits.

• For journalists, there is a clash between making money and informing the public.