Would like to discuss more on...

The concept that I think I would want to discuss more is the influence of the media. The book had so much to say about it already, but because this is such a growing problem, I think that there should be an even bigger discussion about ways to prevent people from being "narcotized", and to be able to use less of what we see on TV. Understand the dangers of everything be available at the same moment, how we become more impatient as the Nation, and what this will do for the future.

Most interesting concept

The concept that was the most interesting to me throughout the semester was the Cultural differences and cultural adaptation. It was the most interesting to me, because I came from a different country, and I was comparing the concepts, and learning how to deal with some personal issues as well. I shared many concepts with my family, and we were able to learn new adaptation ways, and all together just being more open minded, and learn how to adapt to new ways without judging.

Research Method

I find "survey research" method most interesting for me, and I am not sure why, but it is most appealing out of all methods. It it always interesting to see what answers others will give. I am a big fan of surveys, I complete surveys online, and then I always want to see the outcome facts of the surveys and the percentages and ages of people who took it. I think that it is great that there are surveys available for all age groups, and we can gather many great facts this way. I think that surveys contain most honest facts, especially when they are taken privately and especially by younger generation. It is not easy to give an honest answer if someone was asking the question face-to-face, especially on private matters or personal preferences. If I was the one doing research, I would select the survey research method, and I would create questionnaire and let people take it, preferably online because it is more convenient. I would make some questions with blanks to fill in, and some multiple choice questions, because those are easier and make the survey look more simple.

Ch 11 Concept

There were many concepts that stood out from chapter 11, but selective processing is one that I wanted to mention. This is the concept that is very noticeable in people, and I can tell by looking at my son, if he is using selective attention. When I am telling him something that he wants to hear, he listens carefully, but if I am lecturing him on say, "what not to do" his mind will be elsewhere. Selective reception also can be compared to simple daily conversations, for example if I go on and on about my day to my husband, and later when I notice he is not really listening, I'll ask him "what did I just say?" he will recall the last word he heard, and he will assign a meaning to that, pretending that it was what I talked about:) I use selective exposure a lot, because I believe that I don't have to listen to certain messages, and that is normal. Selective retention is when you only remember a small portion of any message, and this one can be a big problem, especially for students.

Marshall McLuhan

The medium is the massage was something hard to process for me. I tried to Google it, because I had a hard time understanding what McLuhan had in mind when he expressed his thoughts. I agree that the medium decides what message they will eventually give, and I think that he was on the point when he related the TV and the newspaper. I also agree that the medium can make us see only one side of the story if they wanted to. We can always choose what we want to receive no matter which source we are using to receive certain information. 

Cyberspace friendships

I have made a few friends online, and based on our friendships I can honestly say that I feel like my f2f friends are more important to me. I chat with my online friends, but only if I have free time, which I hardly ever do, but with my f2f friends I find time to talk, or meet or even chat. I am that type of a person who cannot really trust a cyber friend with personal information, and I cannot talk with them about personal life much, in comparison to my f2f friends, I tend to trust them much more, because meeting them in reality had build trust between us. I cannot say that cyberspace friendships do not work, because I know that for many people they do work, and some people even end up marrying a person who they met online, but for me it is a little bit more different. I don't know if that has anything to do with me being raised in a family where there was no computer, and I was 25 when I got Facebook account, or if it is because I am more of a f2f friendship type of person.

Concept from Ch 8

After reading the section on interview, I was thinking back to my experience, when I was working as a supervisor, and I interviewed people. I remember how much their appearance mattered, also their attitudes, but for me it was about the cover letter and the resume. I liked a short cover letter that made me want to take a look at the resume, and just like out textbook suggests to have a resume only fit one page. I remember reading some resumes and completely changing my mind on hiring a person or not, because for me it was important to see their education and work experience. There are so many additional reasons why I would hire a person, and yes many times it is based on the way they act, their ability to communicate is most important, because they can learn new tasks, as long as they have great communication ability.