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Thursday, August 24, 2006

Communication 100- Synthesis

After spending two months and a half in acquiring vital eruditions in Communication 100, I believe that I have evolved from a facile student to a devoted media apprentice. I am now able to bear with certain factors that are associated in the media world. I have learned how to be a responsible and reliable media student.

What I have learned best would be the real essence of communication. The versatility of a media man in dealing with diverse audiences, in coping with his news, being unbiased, were the major lessons that really remained in my psyche.

In dealing with the audience, I must always mull over the two major theories - "Hypodermic Needle Theory" and "Uses and Gratifications Theory." In the first theory (Hypodermic Needle), the audiences are passive and "hypnotized" by the media persuasiveness. However, the existence of its paradoxical theory (Uses and Gratification) changes the concept of this belief and states that the audiences also possess the power in opting their desired source of information, and the media has nothing to do about this.

Media people must cope with their news apathetically, not in a sense that they are not interested or what, but in a sense that they must disconnect themselves from their own emotion concerning the news they disseminate. They must not be bias with their news. News is plain news. The major trangression that concerns this matter would be the case of Flor Contemplacion in the article "Furor Over Flor." Here, the media were obviously putting their symphaty towards Contemplacion without knowing the side of the Singaporean Government's side. They put emphaty on their news. That was a definite flaw on the media ethics.

These topics have become the foremeost basis i have to bear in mind on the moment I step on the floor of the media world. With these I know that I will be fortified as a media man in the future, and I will never be back at square one.

After learning this, I've seen Mass Communication in a different perspective. I am now seeing this course in a more respectable, extensive manner. I have apprehended the significance of media to our dynamic world. Every revolution, alteration, progress, of our society concerns every single human in this world. It is a freedom. The entirety of the media has the vast prowess for this.

I am now more motivated to pursue this course, now that I have seen the major role that awaits me in the future. I am more motivated to contribute my dedication for the next generation.

In a broad-spectrum manner, I really want to focus on all the area because it all gradually captivate me. But there are two areas that serve as the paramount options - journalism and broadcasting.

I love writing. I love to convey myself thru this method. I can be myself more in utilizing this medium. I can be more discreet and cautious. In addition, with the absence of bigheadedness, I am often admired whenever I fuse with my pen and paper compared to other things i practice. Also, I already had an experience when I was appointed as the Literary Editor in our newspaper The Spark during my high school days. I was able to be cognizant enough with the basic rules of writing during those times.

In the other hand, broadcasting somehow puts a quandary on it. I love to speak and I love to persuade many thru this. I want to be more Attached with the people. I believe that speaking does this acquaintance more compared to writing. I want to be a biger influence. And I love broadcasting because I desire for the betterment or my oral communication skills.

I am not yet decided as of the moment. But I believe that I can opt years from now. It depends on how I am molded as a media apprentice.

I shall learn more things in this subject. I expect myself to be fully inspired to continue my dedication in this field I opted to live with.

peace
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