Dependency thoery

1) What do YOU primarily use the media for: entertainment or information? (Or something else?)

I use the media for all kinds of things such as looking up information for revision or homework, entertainment or just general information. I also use it to catch up with the latest celebrity gossip as well as catching up on the news.

2) To what extent do you feel we are dependent on the media?

In my opinion, I think we are very dependent on the media. This is due to the fact that we use it for almost everything. Like in the question above, I have mentioned that i used it for revision, general information and catching up on the news. This can relate to nearly everyone as they would probably use it for the same reasons. However, if there was no such thing as the media, we wouldn't be able to do lot of things such as the things written above. We wouldn't know what's happening around the world - our perspective of things would change, we wouldn't be influenced by the media. for example celebrity's with perfect bodies - we wouldn't be influenced to have that body and man more.

3) Has our dependence on the media changed over the last 10 years? How?

I think that our dependency on the media has changed dramatically. This is because 10 years ago, people used books instead of the media to find out information around the world or for revision. People also used magazines to catch up with the latest celebrity gossip.

4) Read this Telegraph article – does this support Dependency theory? What is your personal opinion on this issue?