How Media can effect religion, education, politics and behavior ?

1. Media and Cultural Changes
Digital Media Literacy and Skills
COM 230

2. Media and Cultural Changes
• Impact of Social Media on Religion
• Impact of Social Media on Behavior
• Impact of Social Media on Politics
• Impact of Social Media on Education

3. Impact of Media on Religion
• Religious TVs
• Religious Radios
• Religious Websites
• Facebook (Religious Group, Pages, Accounts)
• Smartphones and Computers

4. Cont,,,Impact of Media on Religion
Televisions
• Many TV Channels working for Religion
– Peace TV
– Qur’an TV
– Islamic TV
– Ummah TV
– Noor TV
– Etc

5. Religious TVs in Afghanistan
• Tamadon
• Kawsar
• Dawat

6. Impact of Radio on Religion
• Islah radio (Reform Radio)
• Shareeyat Radio
• Aalim Radio (Scholar Radio)
• Menbar Ghag Radio (Voice of Pulpit Radio)
No music is played; instead some bird voice in
background

7. Impact of Websites on Religion
• Islamreligion.com
• uwt.org
• Isaandislam.com
• Muslimati.com
• fussilat.org
• Free-islamic-course.org

8. Impact of Facebook on Religion
• Khatiez Islamic Foundation (Eastern Islamic Foundation)
• Understanding Tawheed (Understanding Monotheism)
• Hadees Sharif Pa Pakhto Jbara (Hadiths of Prophet
Mohamd (PBUH) in Pashto Language
• Da Mor Dowawe (Prayers of Mom)
• Islam Ghag (Voice of Islam)
• Science and Islam, and Dawat-e-Tableegh (A Call for
Propagation).

9. Impact of Smartphone and Computer on Religion
• Software Packages
– Listen
– Read
– Translation
– Interpretation

10. Impact of Media on Behavior
• Playing an important role on behavior
– Influencing individual behavior
– Behavior changes
• Behavior is shaped by our interpersonal
relationship and our perception of social
norms. They are an integral part of the
social web.

11. Cont,,,Impact of Media on Behavior
• Social cognitive theory
• Impact of violence filled programs
• Impact of watching television in Afghanistan

12. Social Cognitive Theory:
• People Learn more from the……….of others:
– Thought
– Affect
– Action
• Learning by observing others

13. Impact of Violence Filled TV Programs
•Leads to aggregation
•Exaggerates risks and insecurity
•Increasing demand for more
protection
•Less trustful of fellow citizen
•Influences human behavior
•Observing world as dangerous place

14. Negative Impact of Television
Interview with
Mr. Kamran
– Focusing on dramas and
serials
– Affecting children
– Life style
– Costume

15. Media’s Impact on Politics
• Tool for exploring in politics
• Used during protests, campaigns & elections
• Can’t change politics, but influence

16. Twitter Revolution
Arab Spring & Green Movement
• Activists in Egypt, Tunisia & Yemen
• Communication role of Social media
• Facilitate overthrown of Dictatorships
• Twitter for organizing protests

17. Election in US
Media and Youth
• Facebook & Twitter to vote preferred
candidate
• 18 -29 users changed mind
• Social media platform of political
activities and communication

18. Role of Social Media in Education
Negative Effects
Positive Effects
Media in Educational Changes

19. Cont,,, Role of Media in Education
• Expansion of Social Media in the recent past
– Facebook
– Twitter
– Youtube
– Etc
• Nowadays, Social Media is the key part for
Students
• Lifelong impact on education

20. Negative Effects
• Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Skype, and YouTube ruin
student’s career
– obsession or addiction for students, they perform multi
task while studying
– Students tend to become less social the more they spend
time on these sites.
• TV, because the alcohol advertisements broadcasted
on television especially on sports channels.

21. Positive Effects
• Social awareness
• Collaborate with each other.
• Deeper discussion and arguments about their
course materials via chat in Facebook.
• Collaborate with Professionals and be familiarized
with them via LinkedIn.
• Educators can communicate instantly with other
professors and leaders in their own field to
compare notes on education techniques or other
concepts.

22. Question?

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