First Blog Post

Web 2.0 is the internet viewed as a medium in which interactive experience,in the form of blogs,  wikis, forums, etc, plays a more important role than simply accessing information. Mediation is the process by which a media text represents an idea, issue or event to us. Proliferation is a rapid increase in numbers. In media I think this means that alot of new people have access to lots of different forms of media. Saturation is used to describe the extent to which our experience of the world is dominated by media. Media is the means of communication, as radio or television, newspapers and magazines, that reach or influence people widely. When media products are 'shared' I think this means that a lot of different people can experience the same form of media. In countries like Burma , China and Ethiopia media is very strictly regulated because the government want to control the very fast growth of it and in some cases dont want bad stories/criticism of the government getting out. Media Convergence generally means the intersection of new and old media. It can also mean the mixture of different media platforms, and the mixture of different media industries.  Media is very important in today's society because everyone relies on it to interact with other people, and to find out anything they need to know. If the amount of media in our society was decreased almost everyone would be affected in some way and would find it hard to get used to life without it.