Sunday, September 26, 2010

Technological Advancements and the Evolution of the Radio

Radio

Television

Modern Radio
Internet




Over time, the advancements in technology have caused many changes in the evolution of the radio industry.

After the introduction of the radio, it quickly became a key role in the daily life for most people.  I was not only a link to the outside world and a way to receive news about important event, but was also a way for people to discover different types of music.  However, with the advancement in new modern technologies, communication with the general public has progressed to new types of media.  A big change came with the invention of television, which put a face with a voice.  This allowed the media to have more power on what people viewed, which has caused controversy.  Also, MTV had a big impact on what types of music people listened too.  Then with the popularized use of the Internet an even bigger change occurred.  Now anyone can put basically what ever they want on the Internet for everyone to see.  Also, because the Internet can now be accessed so easily, people tend to use it for news, information, music, movies, and other entertainment purposes.  Now radio is rarely seen as a main source of media, only being listen too when driving in a car. 

            In the book Media Now, it talks about how the Internet has made it a lot easier to use copyrighted property as your own.  Illegal downloading of movies, music, and other programs has become a problem.  It causes the owners of such material to be cheated of their own creation.  The Internet does bring many good uses and important ways or receiving information, however it has also caused many negative uses by people who abuse its originally intended use.  If the radio continued to be a primary media source, one has to consider if there would be as many problems with criminal acts and other negative issues.  




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