The Big Six

When we did this activity on Tuesday, I had no idea which companies went with what. My predictions for "The Big Six" wasn't that close, some were and some weren't. But I was surprised at the fact that a lot of people watch these companies, and continue to watch them and the companies get so many views. I think that's probably why they have a lot of control over the media. But I was really surprised by the actual companies included in The Big Six because, I never knew the names of these companies and who made them, until now.. I think the thing that makes these companies, are the people around the world because of it being world wide, it has so many hits and views. I think the reason why people made these companies is because to make the media more noticeable. And advertising has to do with part of it too. I think the advantages of having six major companies in control of the media is being encourage by people that watch these companies. I do believe the disadvantages of having six major companies in control of the media is influencing people and doing the wrong things and having to deal with the companies taking over the media. The thing that stands out to me in this activity is that people like and watch a lot of stuff. And more and more is adding to it. The other thing that stands out is that there are a lot of people viewing these shows that the companies made. I think the Big Six is most memorable in this activity because I had to figure out which of the companies made what, and that was pretty difficult. I do believe that the Big Six have a lot of control over the media, because of what to show and who's watching.
2. The only thing that I can think of the way companies are finding out information about the likes and dislikes of teens is that they are going around and video taping teens and watching them and finding out what their likes and dislikes are. The thing that surprised me about this is that the companies turn it into a show and make it seem like reality. The thing I don't get is why they do things like that. I don't feel that this is right because whatever those teens are doing they are giving ideas out to people and other people are going to be influenced by them and going to start acting the way they act. I do agree with what the video said, that the real world "media is only a mirror", I agree because what is happening on TV is what's happening in real life. People are being influenced by it.