Week 1 Topic 2 a,b and c

Joseph Goebbels 1930s speech about Radio

a) How is Goebbel's view of radio linked to a political ideology? Why does he identify certain kinds of communications potential in the medium?
`The speech as a whole is only marginally about radio having read it two or three times the underlying purpose of the speech is to reinforce politically ideologies, and somehow linking them to the new medium of radio. And at the period of time it was a great invention which came just at the right time to influence the german public experiencing a contrversial war at a time when they most depended on the government. I belive he points out potential within the medium to divert attention away from the idea behind the use of radio at the time. Which will have been sued for such things as propaganda etc.

b) How migh his views seem to people today? What is radio 'good for' in your opinion?

I think we take radio for granted these days as well as all forms of technology although we have seen mobile phones and the internet develop at our age we have never really had to be without it so never known any better. We laugh at our parents because they cant work mobile phones or the internet properly and our grandparents barely no where to start. But in their day and age they never had these forms of technology. So to Goebbles and the rest of the people at that point in time radio was a great technological advance. So in one way Goebble's speech was aplicable because of this.
Radio is still a great medium one that makes up a choice of which technology we use and one that can still speak amongst the unheard, it too provides a great source of entertainment.

c)What kind of things have been said about the internet and the impact it is having on society?

There is no doubt that we're living in a technological age. According to Computer Industry Almanac Inc., more than 625 million computers are used worldwide, including some 182 million in the United States. A study done in 2000 by that same company reported that more than 400 million people across the globe use the Internet, up from a mere 3 million in 1994. That number could reach 1 billion by 2005.
With such a surge in Internet usage, it should come as no surprise that its impact on society has been heavy. Our purpose is to identify both positive and negative factors that determine the Internet's impact on our society. With that in mind, we invite you to read more about issues surrounding this technology. http://www.mjbear.com/323/society/

Companies are booming because of the internet people pay for delivery, pay for what they cant gte in store and the best quotes they can get for products such as car and home insurance. Little businesses thrive on the hype of the internet. Negatives of the internet include website scams and plagurism