Assignment #1

1. I believe that media is very important in my life. It provides me with the news of the world, information for homework. Also the opportunity to shop online and keep connected with friends.
2. One type of media I feel important to me is Google so I can look up something that I need help on. Another is Facebook because I can talk to friends and read what other people are doing in there lives.
3. I like the new technology because I don't have to carry a big laptop around when I can use my Ipad where I can communicate by Imessage and Facebook and do my homework. The elements of popular culture I dislike are the sexual advertisment that are aimed at young people so we will buy it and think we are cool.
4. The way teenagers are portrayed in media today makes them think that they willnot be accepted by their peers unless they dress and act the way the media(TV, magazines,movies,etc) say they should. It should not depend on what we wear or if we have the lastest smartphone to fit in with others. All types of media are trying to get kids to buy their products andthen the teenagers pressured their parents to buy it for them.