Mediated Communication: A Mixed Blessing

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Mediated CommunicationA Mixed Blessing

• By Rachelle LutherLaura Creitz
• Jean Silvey
• Jess Long

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Media Communication

• WHAT IS IT??????????
• Any tool that extends the natural way we
  communicate

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Media Communication Limiting?

• Would you think media communication as being a
  good or bad thing?
• Would you rather speak to someone face to face or
  via email?
• Visual
• Auditory
• Tactile
• Olfactory

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Examples of Media Communication

• Television
• Newspaper
• AIM

• Email
• Magazines
• Phones

How many of these modes of media influence your
daily routine?
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Limitation Good Bad

• Going to a lecture of a famous speaker versus
  listening to them on tape
• Limit yourself to how many senses are being used
• Reading a mystery novel
• There is no limit on imagination

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Convenience

• Email vs. face to face
• you can email someone very easily but by
  traveling to talk to someone can be very time
  consuming
• Newspaper vs. Internet news
• Reading the news on the internet is easier than
  buying the newspaper and getting ink all over
  your hands

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Fewer Limitations

• VCR
• Record a TV show or sporting event
• Weather Channel
• Local on the 8s
• CNN/MSNBC
• Round the clock news

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Decreased Control

• TV shows
• Jerry Springer Show
• Pre-recorded vs. Live Shows
• Editing and changing

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Anonymity Depersonalization

• No direct knowledge of one another (remain
  anonymous)
• Chat rooms
• 1-900 numbers
• Poopfingers
• Strip person of their identity
• Television audiences _at_ home

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Media Decreases Responsibility In Communication

• Causes
• Lack of Control
• Anonymity
• Depersonalization
• causes cause you to be passive and detached
  from communication

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• Any Questions?