Media Culture: Image Based and Consumerism

What is the concept of consumerism?

Admin wrote:Modern media culture can be Best described as consumerism and image-based. Everywhere We go we are surrounded by images that perpetuate the logic of consumerism: the beliefs that it’s good for people to buy and buy things-the more the better. While people are accustomed to always seeing an advertisement, this does not guarantee that they understand it’s language.

Modern Media Culture is not just about technology, it’s about people. It’s how they discover, laugh, and learn; it’s how they stay in touch with friends and find new ones; it’s how they get entertained; it’s how they make decisions for what they want to do today and what they want to be tomorrow; and it’s how they decide what brands they welcome into their lives.


How do you see our modern media culture today?
What are your insights?

What is the difference between Digital Culture and Media Culture?

jnnydanyeow wrote:How does Culture affect Media ?

Media can affect our culture but sometimes culture can affect medias too. For example, oldies prefer reading using newspaper and listen to radio than to use computer.

kc wrote:What is the concept of consumerism?

The concept of consumerism is the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable.

jnnydanyeow wrote:How does Media construct our Culture ?

We become more focus in technology than other things

As the definition given, the media culture as of now is image-based. Most of us especially the youths were looking on someone's or something's physical appearance just like in images. That's why I conclude that the time will come where everyone couldn't understand each other.

Consumerism begins to exist at the moment when people have both wealth and choices.
While it probably existed in Rome and in isolated pockets of wealth and well-being throughout history, it takes real form after the industrial Revolution makes it possible for people to choose from selections of competing consumer goods in areas like textiles and wines and foods.

neil wrote:

jnnydanyeow wrote:How does Culture affect Media ?

Media can affect our culture but sometimes culture can affect medias too. For example, oldies prefer reading using newspaper and listen to radio than to use computer.

Culture has a huge impact on media communication ways and adoption. Media rapid development and the rise of new media are the result of the cultural needs of people.

neil wrote:

kc wrote:What is the concept of consumerism?

The concept of consumerism is  the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable.

Additional info:
Consumerism is a social and economic order that encourages the acquisition of goods and services in ever-increasing amounts. With the industrial revolution, but particularly in the 20th century, mass production led to an economic crisis: there was overproduction — the supply of goods would grow beyond consumer demand, and so manufacturers turned to planned obsolescence and advertising to increase consumer spending.

neil wrote:

jnnydanyeow wrote:How does Culture affect Media ?

Media can affect our culture but sometimes culture can affect medias too. For example, oldies prefer reading using newspaper and listen to radio than to use computer.

Yes, thats true.
Media helps us to know what is happening around us, with a fair insight about how things work elsewhere on the globe. But in some ways, like video games, children who are expose to this will likely to be inside the house not playing outside making friends.

jnnydanyeow wrote:What is the relationship between the Media and Culture ?

The relationship between Media and Culture is that the Media can affects the Culture through its influence to the people.

How does media culture affects me

What is the relation of media and culture?

What's your insight in the beliefs that it’s good for people to buy and buy things-the more the better.?

ellaelaeh wrote:Why is consumerism so important?

Consumerism is important because it gives you the data of your business, and it also boost the consumption of goods and service of the people.

salango.lester wrote:What's your insight in the beliefs that it’s good for people to buy and buy things-the more the better.?

It was hard to buy and buy things the more the better, because if yung binibili mo is not need bakit ka bibili?

salango.lester wrote:How does media culture affects me

Media Culture will affect you as an individual because you are living in the world of changes, kung saan pabago bago ang kultura na maari mong masight and it also affect you to know the different medias.

Other than being image-based, how would you describe it?

How about media before the "Modern Media Culture" how was it described?

If you were to create a new media culture how would it be?

If you were to create a new media culture, why will you create that?

All in all, this is a post that helped me understand today's media

Modern media culture is continuously evolving, and I don't think that it would stop anytime soon. It's always been a part of our modern society, and other 'complex' culture may emerge in the near future. We never know what might happen, whether the change would be for the better or worse of our society.

how does the modern media culture affect you?

do you think that modern media culture affects us negatively? why?