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New Media: powerful tool for social change

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 -   By Disha “It is a powerful tool for social change” Over the last two decades,  social media has developed into the main source of information for a huge percentage of the world's population, influencing their opinions, choices and beliefs on every topic imaginable . The impact has had negative, but also many positive aspects. The wide range of new media technology characteristics includes— communication, collaboration, convergence, creativity, and community . In general, new media technologies are relatively concerned about one or other forms of communication. The general factors involve:  product type, target market, reach and frequency, cost efficiency, budget size and competition . How new media change society? It has   transformed the way we communicate, share information, and consume media . While it has brought about many positive changes, such as the democratization of information and increased connectivity, it has also had negative effects, suc...

Promoting Sexuality in Mass Media

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-By Disha The few available studies suggest that the media do have an impact because the media keep sexual behavior on public and personal agendas,  media portrayals reinforce a relatively consistent set of sexual and relationship norms , and the media rarely depict sexually responsible models. Positive sexuality means that  you accept and respect your sexuality and the sexuality of others without judgment, shame, violence, or discrimination . Positive sexuality gives you the message that: you are already whole. you are worthy of love. How do you promote positive sexuality? Communicate effectively in relationships interact with others in appropriate and respectful ways. work together for equality in relationships. communicate with partners about sexual activity continuously. negotiate boundaries.  B iological, psychological, social factors  affect sexual self-concept.  Advertisers often use sexual imagery to attract attention to products such as perfume, clothin...

Life In Social Media: Social Media and mental health

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-By Disha Connecting to long lost acquaintances has never been easier. Type their name on any of the social networking sites and you are likely to find Childhood friends & schoolmates. Then you can connect & relive the good old days, even possibly create new memories by meeting and exchanging gifts.  It's a fact that friendships are healthy most of the time. On the flip side, some mental health Problems may arise, because of overuse of social sites. This has allowed people to use social media networks in many creative & healthy ways such as creating family groups on Facebook It also helps to connect with long time distance friends or family, which you were not  talking about for decades. And also helps to update. What is currently going in your lives by updating posts, picture, reels. Now, there are some negative aspect of excess use of social media. Some of them are:  But access use of social Media may harm us like we should accept the request of known person...