#3 Touches all four corners

Today in class we discussed the idea of globalization in relation to mass media. Growing up overseas I have experienced this first hand. I think it is interesting to see how many different cultures merge together because they watch American movies or TV shows. This whole idea that our entertainment is the second most exported good we distribute to the world and that everyone is learning about our culture through the eyes of a movie screen is absolutely astonishing. One of my mom's favorite songs is Arab Money. This song to me, represents perfectly the idea of globalization and mass media. It includes Arabic and Arab oil-rich culture along with the American dream. Without mass media and communication it would be difficult to connect on so many levels with people of other cultures.

#2 On the Big screen

Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to go to my brothers graduation down at BYU Provo, unfortunately because of traffic we didn't get to see him walk, but I realized that without texting I would not have been able to talk to his wife to find out where they were seated (I would have had to do it the old fashioned way!) Even though I'm not quite such how it works, I'm grateful that it does! It also amazed me that at they had the ability to project graduation on the big screen, so I could get a close up of those walking. (I'm not quite sure if that falls under Mass Media, but I thought it was awesome!)Mass media is such a blessing in my life! Sending a text is so incredibly easy and you don't disrupt anyone by talking really loud.

#1 The good and the bad

Today I was reading watching on CNN a news report about internet and the use of pornography. In the article I learned that porn producers want to use .xxx rather than .com websites so that viewers can access their content easier. I think it is interesting to see how the internet or mass media mediums can be used for both good and evil in the world, to me, it is definitely a battle ground between good and evil. I love how we can access wonderful things on through the mass media such as Conference talks and social networks such as facebook. However, I think it is a shame that such destructive entertainment can be found there also.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/04/19/ctw.han.porn.xxx.domain.cnn?hpt=Mid