Week Two Reading Review.

This week's readings were actually very enjoyable to read.

I enjoyed chapter two more than chapter thirteen but only because 

it was more applicable to my generation today.

A lot of the text talked about how media is becoming a few large

companies taking over smaller companies (concentration of ownership).

I have seen this in action with many companies such as 

Disney picking up ABC. 

It also talked a lot about how big the Internet, television and mobile companies

 have become and how they're becoming such a huge

part of our everyday life.

Media multitasking is made easy today because of all the sources we

have available to us at once.

I really enjoyed chapter two's readings today because of the

way I can apply it to my own daily life.

Chapter thirteen, however, was interesting in some ways as well.

I enjoyed the section about Micro and Macro-level effects on people.

It's interesting to hear the arguments made by both levels 

and how accurate or inaccurate I feel that they are. 

I feel that most people are effected most by the macro-level.

Just by watching a video game that kills people doesn't mean that

teens are going to go out, buy a gun, and start shooting people like life is a video game.

It just gives them a more realistic look at how some places around the world live.

There are many places that are violent and this should be recognized.

I don't mean to say everywhere is like that, but we shouldn't be so naive to it that we have no

recognition of what the world is like. 

All in all, these chapters were very enlightening.

I was able to absorb a lot of information and apply it to my everyday life.