What happens when Media is Gone...

Hello everyone, Hope you having a great day. So lets talk about what will happen if the media disappears. I am talking about this subject because there is a possibility that it could happen, if the terrorists so-decide this. I am exploring this topic due to a show I watched on the military channel. Its called Future weapons. Do you happen to know what an Electro-magnetic pulse is? Also known as an EMP? This is a weapon that the U.S. currently possesses. This is a weapon that has no fire, no danger to humans directly, but could cause devastation to the U.S. and world. With one click of a button and the weapon makes a click sound and everything electronic goes out. The circuits are fried to anything that has electronic, from computers to cellphones to cars.

How does it affect the entire US? If it launched around the center of the U.S. 500 miles above the surface the EMP would spread through the entire US. This is a scary concept shutting down all power to anything that is going. Making all electronics completely useless, and the show went on to say that if the EMP would go off at that height, it would takes months to years to regain things. Every bodies social security and documents and money would be gone. They also said it would affect billions of dollars if a small one went off in the stock market at NY.

So my question to you as a reader are what are you comments on what you think would happen if there was no tv, cellphone, or cars for months at a time. I think the US would break out in riots, and widespread panic, There isn’t a way to broadcast what has happened. People who are in the unknown are the ones who cause widespread panic. I think the US would be dropped to its knees, unless they secretly are prepared for this kind of thing. Which I believe they are, They also went on to say that we are the only ones currently in use of this technology.

Its amazing how the future weapons could drop the media to ground.

Does twitter, facebook, and myspace help keep people informed?

Hello everyone, I hope that your week was as great as mine, finishing up almost all my homework and preparing for finals. Today we’re going to talk about something im addicted to. No, it isn’t drugs, its facebook, and its friends Twitter and Myspace. We are going to discuss if they help keep people buying things. Looking at them with media eyes and how much they advertise inside of each and every little space of web they own.

So lets start with twitter, taking a closer look, the page itself doesn’t seem to be doing too much advertising. I don’t really seemed to be bombarded until I start subscribing to peoples tweets. These include president Obama, and several recording rap artists and Tila Tequila. Once you subscribe to these people, you are bombarded with when their concert dates are, new cds are coming out to when they are going to be on Jay Leno. I believe this is their way of advertising, and can be overwhelming if you subscribe to too many people.

Facebook is what im addicted to, and they have adds everywhere, they are mostly on the top of the screen and the right. They are never really overbearing as much as they are there to inform you of their products. I enjoy facebook very much as there is no spam on my walls, nothing too overbearing besides it being on the side of my information.

Myspace is a different story, anyone and their dog has a myspace account. They are allowed to modify myspace in to a degree in which it can only have your name, to so many pictures and adds and music that your computer will not even load it. They have spam bots that go from profile to profile to get you to come to their website to buy products. You never add new friends unless you specifically know them, because they might end up giving you a virus.

Myspace has too many adds, Twitter is great unless you are subscribed to too many people such as artists etc. While facebook has the win with only stationary adds that you have to click on to see and is more person to person.

These are the wins in my book. Signing out (FOREVER) Yay ..

Media is necessary...

Hey everyone, I just got back from paddlefishing, and unfortunately i have caught anything yet, and will have to wait until Wednesday to go out and have another try. This actually brings me to my topic, media is necessary. The reasoning behind this, we need the media to tell us what is new, what is going on in the world, and also how many paddlefish have been caught, so i can get out their and catch my fish before the 1000 limit is close. Around Williston on May 1st they start announcing how many paddlefish have been caught about every 6 hours, as their are people from many different states, and they announce this on the daily news, across radio, and the paper (with a picture of some lucky guy and the big fish). We need media to stay informed, and be on top of world news, local news, and my favorite new products such as movies and items.

They also use media to advertise for stores, as we all know we switch the channel once the bulk of commercials comes across the radio. There is a new ice cream store opening in town, serving new things, I finally heard about them on the radio because they are giving free sundaes away on Sunday! Information and Advertising are key in media, then we go to the recreational side, which can be unnecessary. Like my favorite tv show Heroes, it isnt necessary, but i sure do like it a lot. We get back to why media is necessary, the sole point is to stay informed about what is going on around us. The recreation is a plus, the tube makes its money from commercials, and the rest is considered information to keep citizens in the know, especially my paddlefish count when the season opens. It's been about 3 days and they are already in the 200's meaning only a couple of days left to get out their and not procrastinate.