media affects common people in various ways. media has influenced and become a essential part of our life. let us find out it effects our popular culture and trend

2.  The media affects people in varied ways, some
are positive and others are negative.
 Positive Aspects:
 The media shows us constructive information. It
can boost self-esteem, heighten interest levels in
a particular subject, or encourage them.
 It is a getaway to places unknown, foreign, and
magical with knowledge of what goes on around
us without being physically present in that place.
 Video games today are increasingly active-
oriented, making kids get off their behind and
engage in games that require physical movement.

3.  Media also help us engage with other people
around the world, and be more open and
understanding towards other cultures.
 Negative Aspects:
 Kids are influenced easily by what they see on
television or the Internet, mimicking such acts (if
not as extreme, though on the lines of violence)
on elders, or kids their age.
 Obesity is on the rise for kids who plant
themselves in front of the television, not budging
for hours on end.
 The media can influence one to do things that
aren't moral, like getting into substance abuse.

4.  “culture [is] the set of learned behaviors, beliefs,
attitudes, values and ideals that are characteristic
of a particular society or population.
 Media is influenced by culture as much as the
programming or stories that they are enveloped
within.
 Media cannot escape the cultural influence.
Culture provides media with sources for content.
 All contents are derived from culture including
entertainment, news and advertisement.

5.  Media and culture are in correlation:
Communication media are hand down values and
norms of culture, culture hands down media
contents (discourse). By the heavy use and great
value which communication media are taking
nowadays, culture and media can't be separated
from each other.
 “Our languages are our media. Our media are our
metaphors. Our metaphors manage the contents
of our culture "