2006-08-09 11:19 / WhenD Stanley

1. Macro-media controlled the news. →We could not clarify the rightness of news.

Years ago, only rich people had the ability to buy television. TV was then an expensive amusement and few people could afford to enjoy it. As the general economy improved, more and more people could have fun from watching TV in spite of some people believing that there was someone hiding behind the television.

During the war, the government made use of the so-called macro-media, including TV, Radio, magazine, and even flyers to control the country; they regarded these media as tools to calm the country and let good news from the battlefield spread over and over, though sometimes the reports were not completely true.

In the days of centralism, macro-media was dominated by the government; liberal thought was illegal and limited. People were taught that the information shown on TV or other media was absolutely true and all messages might be examined by professionals. In this period of time, macro-media controlled the news and the news formed knowledge. We could not clarify the correctness of news because we surely believed they were right. When technology gradually influenced our life, many things around us changed. The blindfolds between us and the truth disappeared, and we were like newborns of that real life.

2. Internet gave back the control to everyone. →Everyone can post news (blogger).

Among these great variations, the internet replaced the role of traditional media. Customers were not only belonging to the import side but also to the export side. We can deliver messages on the internet and have more and more power to threaten the original media. In the beginning, news groups gathered people who had the same tastes, then Bulletin Board System (BBS) attracted plenty of youngsters; clubs were assembled on the internet family; some people who were familiar with software techniques established their web sites, and Instant Message (IM) shortened the distance between people and had the best interaction.

Afterwards, the focus returned to the individual and created a whole new media avenue, the web log (blog). In this period of time, the internet returned the centralization of power back to everyone. Everyone became a writer who could deliver any message, including right messages or wrong ones. We can’t expect every message on the internet to be proved by relevant professionals. Hence we must clarify the information we receive.

3. News control most people. →We must clarify the information we receive.

I want to give you an example about the news spread on the internet. Do you think microwave food can harm our health or not? There are positive and negative opinions spread over the internet. One professor in Taipei Medical University said that there are no well-designed experiments to prove microwave food has danger ingredients. Moreover, the short heating time can even preserve more nutrition than traditional cooking. And by experiments about feeding big mouse with both kinds of food, there were no obvious effects. It was meant that eating microwave food for a long time wouldn’t cause problems if we use the microwave oven well. On the other hands, a doctor of nutrition in Singapore published a book to explain how microwave food damage people’s health.

Recently, I got a mail from my friend. This mail contained several photos illustrates how microwave water damage the potted plants. People always say that seeing is believing. Although some experts proposed it’s safe to use microwave oven, we are still not sure whether the saying is correct or not. Will you trust any saying at this moment?

 

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