Communication and Society

Can ideas from the past be useful in our young day problems? The answer is yes, because people do not want to repeat the mistakes their ancestors made in the past. But some of the mistakes may be repeated ascribable to it macrocosm inevitable. After World War II, the press was free to criticize whomever they want, and it appe bed to the world that our press was irresponsible. And when Marcos became the president, he did not want the Media to overpower him, He was the president and he thought that having been seated in the top most position he should have absolute power, he couldnt have the media scrutinizing him for every live he makes.Our grandparents and parents use to say that Marcos reign was the prime era of the Philippines because of the goodly deeds he has done for the country, but little did they know that his good orbit is due to the fact that Marcos has a leash on the host media to prevent news of his somewhat malicious intentions on killing journalist who publish grim news about him. Media is a politicians biggest opponent. The use of Media might have supported the government/politicians on campaigns but when fooled or did not kept their promise, The media has the power to ruin you in an indirect manner.When a government is hiding something, it will not last long for it to come out. As technology advances, being in a progressing country, truth be told, we always get left behind when it comes to new things. We have learned to make movies from the Western World, but in the present day, why couldnt we make movies as good as them? Why can we only make films with so little special make? Is it because we still lack the technology to do so? The problem is with us, Filipinos already made some animation films, but due to not having met the standards of American animations, we endure to ignore it.If we have supported our own, animation might have progressed in the world of Filipino film. Why is the trend in movies nowadays having an extramarital f amiliarity with another woman? Because it reflects the society, it shows the realism about the lives of ordinary citizen in a more glamorous and sophisticated manner, and we Filipinos love that, since many of us have lives that are routine and unexciting, we spice things up a bit by imagining life through celebrities, since they have the money, the status and influence we wish we had.Why dont we Filipinos get tired of watching the same old stereotyped characters in melodramas? Why dont we try themes that are based on sex, plague and drugs on television shows? The protagonist always win and the antagonist is always the loser. Why cant the antagonist win in the end, or else of last or be imprisoned? Since most of us are all Catholics, The Filipinos are not ready to take on new themes that would contradict the impression of the Church, that evil will finally defeat the good. That is the very reason why we are trapped in a never-ending cycle of protagonist vs. ntagonist themes. We so metimes think if the news that had been reported on the television or the newspaper is really news worthy? Much likely the Amalayer issue, should it have stayed on youtube instead? The problem with people today is the lack of common sense. An issue concerning the Amalayer situation, wherein a student confronted a lady guard who was working in a demand station and that the guard was accusing her of lying. The woman was identified as a student of a known school in Manila.This was videotaped by a rider and was uploaded in the internet, this issue became a trend in Social Networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Common sense would tell most of us that causing a commotion in public would easily destroy not only our reputation, but have lessen our dignity as well. Basically the role of the mass media is to inform the people and comment about the issues regarding the society, but this issue doesnt concern us at all, it is just a dispute between a student and an employee. Will we ben efit something from watching this?It was basically posted in the internet so that other people could criticize and pass judgement on the girl to how she was treating the lady guard. In our modern society, the Philippine Media clearly reflects the society, since us Filipinos are easily influenced, an example is the Korean waving in 2009, bright and colored outfits, hairstyles that I couldnt even describe, eating Kimchi and most of us even studied the Korean language. The television was bombarded with Korean dramas. It is not only the Korean wave but the whole purpose of the media is to influence the society, we tend to imitate what we see in television.People go to a plastic surgeon, so they can visualize like their favourite celebrity, some would even go to the extent of having two of their ribs remove just to have a waistline they see on supermodels base on balls down the catwalk. These are the circumstances that will test a persons ethical behaviour, from what they perceive on national television, if what they will acquire is good or bad, moral or immoral, appropriate or inappropriate. Ethics not only promotes a better individual but a better society.