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      Does media determine our Agenda?

           As media determines the freedom of a particular nation, ‘mediakracy’ would mean freedom of the media. Media today has become an essential phenomenon in our lives. It would be impossible for all of us to survive without media or different forms of media. In today’s era, media is an essential tool that determines everything. Media determines how happy we are, it determines what we need to do for the entire weekend, how lucky can a number be for us, how  is our heath this week and all of that stuff.

Also the most interesting part being on social networking sites is that, the applications there can determine how happy you are!! Strange! The consumption of media today is more than what it used to be in the past. Agenda setting here plays an important part in determining what has to be seen and what not. The agenda of media is set not on what people want but on what the news organizations want to show! More precisely we see what they want us to see... Certainly, it is us, the common man who are dominated by the media today which was not the case a decade before. We are so engrossed with the television sets that we see what the media wants us to see. In short, we don’t have a choice. We live in a mediacratic world where we have no time to sit back and ponder on what is being shown by media. In our busy schedule we hardly get time to analyze things. So we are bound to follow whatever the media says or does! On the other hand, media is becoming violent too and that could be seen in Anna Hazare’s movement, IAC campaign, etc. News is what the media desires for! Media needs something that it would show for hours together. We can figure it out by the news that was shown in past and the news that is shown today! Earlier there were no advertisements but today it’s vice versa. In my opinion I feel “Strike when the iron is hot” is the proverb that media houses follow.

                     This is the way media works! So yes! We live in a Mediacratic society! 

  Some really aspiring and inspirational quotes: 

The quote says that a developed country is the country where the rich travel by public transport not by how the poors travel in cars and this is quite apt for a developing country like India where the economy is still growing, where the rich become richer and the poor become  poorer!

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                                           This is yet another best example of good advertising!

IAC: a blessing or a curse:

       

         Corruption prevails even now! The only thing that Anna and his team have done is gained publicity with introducing “a missed call for supporting Anna” and has also gained grounds on the social networking sites where the IAC page on facebook got 2,88, 491 likes which again influences people and cultivates ideas that what they are doing is very apt and this would bring change in the system which never happens. The IAC is formed just to influence people and make a party of their own so that they could make money like other parties have kept doing!

Students supporting Anna!

support by Women

The Anna team

Original names of celebs which were never heard before:

1.                                                                        Katrina Kaif was Kate Turquotte before her Bollywood debut.

   Rekha is Bhanurekha Ganesan

   Saif Ali Khan's real name is Sajid Ali Khan, according to a marriage application form fi                  

   led by the couple at Bandra Court in Mumbai.

Is the IAC (India Against Corruption) campaign genuine?

            This is a very interesting topic yet again after the dynamic feedback that people gave to Anna’s unending fast at Jantar Mantar. Citing the campaign, led by Anna Hazare, as an example of the impact of WikiLeaks cables, Julian Assange, the chief of the whistle-blower WikiLeaks said what was happening in India was “Something that has not happened since the time of Gandhi.”  The IAC (India Against Corruption) campaign was aimed to gather more of support for making a strong Lokpal Bill basically referred to as “Jan Lokpal Bil”. People of the entire nation came together to fight for corruption and people started marching on streets all over the nation on a call to stop corruption. Moreover instead of talking about the progress India has made, the IAC always came up with issues of scams and everything that hampered the growth of the country.

             The fact that Anna and his team are fighting against corruption makes people think that they are set free from half of their problems related to corruption. They feel people have sooner or later realized that it’s high time to get the country developing but on the contrary common people fail to understand as to why was this team formed?

What are the motives of the team in making a party, etc. The motto of the IAC campaign was to gain support from people across the nation and form a party to abolish corruption and also formulate the Lokpal Bill. Common people fail to understand that these are fake manipulators with their hidden agendas who would show their true colours and how corrupt they are when they form their political parties. Here we can talk about Agenda Setting and this example clearly sites the impact that agenda setting has on common people. The agenda that was set by the Anna‘s team was followed by the people of the entire country. Also there is persuasion that comes into picture where this topic is concerned. People are persuaded to listen and follow the news and believe that the Anna team is right and whatever the team does is for the betterment of the country.

       

            It looks like Anna and his team has no intention and courage to fight against corruption and India’s corrupt system and as we all know, corruption can’t be stopped in a country like India where leaders and political parties survive on black money. The intention of the team is just to be in news and grab attention. People went mad at Anna’s initiative at first but later everything was back to square one. The support for Anna was seen the way people uploaded their face book statuses, tweets , people on streets, people talking about it in local trains, people wearing the Anna cap and what not. But the situation of abolishing corruption remains the same. As it was, it is even now!

       Corruption prevails even now! The only thing that Anna and his team have done is gained publicity with introducing “a missed call for supporting Anna” and has also gained grounds on the social networking sites where the IAC page on facebook got 2,88, 491 likes which again influences people and cultivates ideas that what they are doing is very apt and this would bring change in the system which never happens. The IAC is formed just to influence people and make a party of their own so that they could make money like other parties have kept doing!

Analysing Impact of Violence —How does it affect families, children and youngsters:

While violence is not new to the human race, it is an increasing problem in modern society. Violence can be defined in many ways. The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes a broad definition of violence. With great inventions and new technological advancements, the impact of violence is increasing considerably.

The intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death or psychological harm.

This topic deals with how violence affects the behavior of family members, youngsters and children of all age groups. Impact of violence is observed almost everywhere in and around us.

There are many types of violence that are commonly found:

1. Physical Violence (Domestic violence)

2. Psychological Violence

3. Self- Directed Violence (Harming one’s own self)

4. Violent Video games that affect the behavior of children

5. Violence in families because of movies and television programmes.

Violence can be of many types; the basic ones being Physical violence normally referred to as Domestic Violence where one or more episodes of aggressive behavior, usually resulting in physical injury with possible damage to internal organs, sense organs, the central nervous system, or the musculoskeletal system of another person.

Then comes psychological violence which comprises of  Emotional abuse, mental abuse A form of mistreatment in which there is intent to cause mental or emotional pain or injury; Psychological violence  includes verbal aggression, statements intended to humiliate or infantilize and  insults and results in stress, social withdrawal, long-term   depression. Then comes Self-directed violence which includes suicidal behavior and self-harm.

The effect of violence on children is observed when they become aggressive and arrogant. Playing video games brings in a great deal of aggression in the mind of the children and directly affect them leading them to behave in an arrogant manner.  If there is domestic violence in a family, the child feels himself responsible for it they do not understand that it is a problem between the adults. They might feel that parents are fighting because their school performance, fighting with siblings etc. Family violence often leaves the child with a feeling of confusion in particular when they feel close to both parents. Their feelings of love and affection towards both parents conflicts with what is happing between them

Today 99% of the houses in India have televisions be it anyone, from the rich to the poorest... Over quarter of all children who have a well-to-do of family background have a television set in their bedrooms. This gives a greater opportunity for children to view programs without parental supervision. Studies reveal that children watch approximately 28 hours of television a week, more time than they spend in school when they have separate bedrooms of their own.

Some researchers have demonstrated that young children imitate aggressive acts that that see on television serial and talk about it with peers. Before age 4, children are unable to make a difference between fact and fantasy and may view violence as an ordinary occurrence. In general, violence on television and in movies often conveys a model of conflict that gives rise to aggression. Heroes are violent, and, as such, are rewarded for their behavior. They become role models for youth.

Violence is observed almost everywhere. Be it local trains, be it ticket queue or be it in schools, colleges, etc. We all fall a prey to such kind of violence.