Friday 25 July 2008

Seminar



Today, we have done a seminar about The media/television. The aim of this seminar is to discuss Television viewing habits compare different countries, Television images, and The future for television and television viewers.

With regard to the television viewing habits, most of counties we researched have a higher percentage of children they watch television more than 3 hours every day than the pass period. Almost 50% of adult in Taiwan also spend one-three hours in watch TV every day. Unfortunately, the facts shows that most of people think television is very necessary in their life, and parents in Taiwan as television as babysitter. According to the reports of medical science, babies watch TV could result the injure of their brains, and also decrease their attention on studying. It is not only have bad influence of children’ health but also the ability of learning.


In Taiwan, the type of popular TV programs are changed from news, dramas to political-chat shows and shopping channels in the last two decades. It may possibly mean that people have more freedom of speech with polity and comment their government.

In term to the television images,we thought that most of the
images on TV did not show reality. They showed audience a kind of ideal life that people are seeking. This kind of stereotypes are often showed on TV,such as beautiful typically white women, desperately thin girls. And also with male, they may be set with a joker, a super action hero, or a rich business man.

Speaking about the media literacy,
the definition is help people to develop the skills that are necessary in media culture to think about what media is and how medias are worked; and also take greater responsibility for viewing choices and the use of electronic media, for the television viewers. The future for television, the high digital TV will be developed for people to watch TV more conveniently and efficiently. It is a trend that TV can connect with internet and watch TV any specific TV program anytime and anywhere.

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