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Media has good and bad influences on people. We can be addicted to it even though we don't use it all the time. I know i just farted yu fuk head because I am also addicted to it. I always use my cellphone, television, and radio. But Media is a big part of our daily life. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.213.179.100 (talk • contribs)

-I'd like to see some statistics included in this article, and details on the researches themselves. Think of it as if you're writing an essay. There will need to be sufficient detail on both sides of the opinion, evidence as to why, and the conclusions that can possibly be drawn form those evidences, on the various different points of view. The more detail as to how that conclusion is reached, the better. Weighing logic against logic, while still maintaining nuetrality. Right now, the article is a tad indiscriptive. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.48.38.241 (talk • contribs)

This article needs sources. It states that "It has been suggested that the extent to which an audience engages with a media text can be roughly split into three degrees." By whom? Why did we wikilink the Primary, Secondary and Tertiary involvement if we don't know what we're talking about? Also, wikifying doesn't mean wikilinking every single word (such as security, information and short term).--– sampi (talk•contrib•email) 00:04, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

This article is just a less-good version of the media effects article, and includes some material - such as the paragraph on the 'uses and gratifications' model (wrongly attributed to Denis McQuail) which is not actually on media influences as such anyway. Suggest delete this article and redirect to media effects. Sophie1975 00:18, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Whatever the problems with the article in its current state, it is plain wrong to merge it with 'Media Effects'. While 'Media Effects' traces recurring ideas about the effects (especially negative) of the media on individual behaviour, 'Media Influence' is a far more general concept of social, economic, political and historical relevance. It may take a while to develop the article, but a genuinely encyclopaedic look at 'Media Influence' would be far more informative, interesting and generally relevant than the 'Media Effects' Idea. They are not the same thing at all.

Contents 1 About merge from media theory 2 External Links 3 NPOV 4 a lil biased? 5 External links invalid

[edit] About merge from media theory

It seems like an oversimplification to merge media theory into this article, since it only covers mass media. Oicumayberight 16:43, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

That page was quite confusing, I considered having sent to AfD. If someone feels that it should be re-instated I don't have an issue with that, but I would likely reccommend it be deleted. Grumpyyoungman01 01:30, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Based on the Talk:Media theory page, it appears that a merge with media studies was considered. If a merge is necessary, media theory seems closer to media studies than media influence. If media theory remains redirected to this article, then the media influence article should cover a broader scope than mass media. Oicumayberight 03:18, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Ok, that makes sense. As these merge tags are placed and then not acted upon for months on end (whether that is a merge or remove the tags), I will redirect media theory to media studies and notify Talk:media studies. Someone from there can take what they see fit from the last version of the page. I don't ever see this article as covering more than the mass media. Grumpyyoungman01 07:26, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External Links

I'm writing on behalf of the Tufts University Child and Family Webguide to ask that our website be considered for an external link on this Wikipedia page. Our website is maintained and developed by a staff of evaluators who search the web for articles and sites that contain valuable information for children and their parents regarding various medical/developmental topics. This link leads to our "TV/Media" site, which contains information on the effects that media (specifically television, video games, and the Internet) has on child development. Offers information particular on how violence in media affects children.

http://www.cfw.tufts.edu/topic/2/30.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.64.134.143 (talk) 03:34, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

-- The bibliography needs some tinkering. Adorno's _Jargon of Authenticity_ is a critique of heidegger, and has virtually nothing to do with mass culture or the media. Horkheimer's _Eclipse of Reason_ is also tangential to the point. A better choice is _Dialectic of Enlightenment_, by both, whose third chapter on "the Culture Industry" is a major document of the relevant problems. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mmorse@ca.inter.net (talk • contribs) 00:54, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

This article basically calls Nixon ugly, by saying that Kennedy was considered handsome, ESPECIALLY compared to Nixon. 149.4.115.3 (talk) 21:44, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] a lil biased?

Is anyone aware of the obvious political leaning in this article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.56.227.71 (talk) 18:40, 25 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] External links invalid

All external links except the first one are no longer valid. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.175.119.62 (talk) 19:19, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

It has be suggested that the media has too much involvement in Canadian politics —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.216.81.173 (talk) 07:07, 30 November 2009 (UTC)