COMM 121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Watching Movies, Moral Panic, Culture Shock
7 Sep 2016
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For example, 99% of households have radios, and 96% have televisions. Phones and tablets made access to the media more accessible; the use of desktop computers declined. The internet has led to the increase of zero-tv households. Figure 1. 2: the only item that has declined from 2006-2013 is the desktop computer. It is estimated that americans spend more than 5 hours a day watching television. People ages 8 to 18 devoted more than 7. 5 hours a day to entertainment media. Multitasking - 10 hrs and 45 minutes of media content during those 7. 5 hrs. The media have become the dominant social institution in contemporary society . Can"t watch sports on tv, stream videos, can"t call or text friends. Imagine life without media: no television, movies, radio, recorded music, cell phones, computers, internet, books, magazines, newspaper others. There would be a lot of time on our hands. We wouldn"t concern ourselves with the latest trends.
