Media Effect Journal Communications Writing Assignment

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The changes brought along by media can transpire on several dimensions. The effects can be unintended or intended by the message source. The outcomes can include changes, and also the conservation of the current situation. If a specific social condition extends because of media, this is also considered a media effect. There are different levels of media effects and each is relevant in how it impacts perception and this article seeks to elucidate further.
There are four levels of effects brought by media content on the common public. First is Medium Effects. Medium Effects is the method of message transmission which utilizes both visual (luxury interiors, explosions) and audio (eerie music, outbursts of laughter) cues and also words. Secondly, we have Message Effects. Message Effects in media is how messages can affect people’s beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes. Third, we have Ownership Effects whereby, instead of looking at media and its messages, the influence of those who own and control the media is examined. Fourth we have Active Audience Effects. Active audience effects argue that audiences do not obtain information passively, but are actively involved, often unconsciously in deriving meaning from messages within their social and personal contexts.
One current computer game commercially released on October 12th, 2013 is the ‘Medal of Honor.’ This is a series of first-person shooter computer/video games. It was developed by DreamWorks and published by Electronic Arts and its affiliates/subsets. Since its October 2013 release, the game has advanced and is adapted to Windows PCs, Xbox 360, and PlayStations.
At the game’s start, the player immediately steps into Boyd Travers’ war boots, Private First Class of the “All American” eighty-second Airborne Division. The player primarily controls a squad titled ‘Neptune squad’ alongside teammate Voodoo, gunning down enemies via their iron sight. Enemies appear from everywhere including roofs and balconies above and must be cleared to unlock next levels. Upon clearing enemies, Voodoo guides the player to the subsequent level and offers a break down to the next area’s entrance. The subsequent missions are well designed. You jump off an airplane and fight your way through countries. Additionally, maps are provided which are convincingly and realistically designed. I noticed one could gradually improve using weapons. For illustration, one can upgrade magazines or acquire a visor of the firearm.
The player advances upon the completion of each level. On the ground, the player tackles objectives across a free roaming, expansive environment using a wide variety of upgradable weapons to his/her strategic advantage. As the player advances from level to level, eliminating any threat, the level determining the player’s fate ‘Rangers: Rescue the Rangers’ finally unlocks. Here, the player has night vision because the battle is inside a cave. The player fights alongside allies Voodoo and Preacher and a box is availed to res...