Media and Society: Video in Culture, Community and Art (Week 6)

“Films can teach, they can explain and they can move people to great depths. Having done all these things, is it possible for films to move people to action? There is no question for most social scientists that carefully constructed communications, films for instance, can produce changes in attitudes, in those who adequately receive the communication. The use of adequately is of course a conscious one in that we know that people tend to misperceive that which they hear and see, and go through fairly complicated strategies of selective attention and selective perception.” 

 Question:Based on the statement above, share your thoughts on the issue, of how community video can make changes in people, and the community that they belonged to. You can give some examples to explain. 

Answer:

"Movie can teach, they can explain and they can move people to great depth. After doing all these things, is it possible that the film moves people to act? For me yes, movies can move people to act depending on the type of movie they make. My opinion of today's society is quick to judge with what he sees without knowing the real thing, when they believe in what they see and hear they start spreading it o others and will arise the issues that are being said. A lot of stories, issues raised through social media that are now the craziness of our community using it like "YouTube', 'Facebook', Twitter' through social media like this can easily spread any issue over now. In addition, the use of the internet is so widespread among our society and it makes you the only issue that should not be spread, not just the use of the internet and social media, through television can also covey false information if it not processed. This is because television is a focus for adults and teenagers and kids. With the incomplete understanding of what they see from the video, films and so on can cause many negative factors, especially to cause fights between our societies today. It will aggravate the situation. They way to prevent it is to refer to the individual to be responsible in spreading film, video and attitude of the ruling party also can play an important role in preventing negative things from occurring and spreading.