Information overload

Every day we are surrounded by mass media that give as some times newsworthy information or inconsequential news. This information can cause some problems in our lives, because the perspective that we have off something or someone could be changed by the media. This type of influence, that the media has, is since they can manipulate  the information to make as think that something is for example a good product, a good person for the post of Mayor of the city, or if is not. When we are overloaded whit information our ideas are not clear for this reason is that we have too many of them in our mind and we can’t process it all. This ideas, information or news can appear in our daily life in different ways.

With the television we can watch the news of or country or of all over the world as the same whit the different sports, if we have the connection to international channels. But if we don’t at least can stay informed about what is taking places in our country. Between the different channels and the variety of programs that we can find documentaries, movies and some popular stories that could gave as information about different topics. The radio is another mass media, more accessible to some of us. We can hear what is happening in the artist “world” and also about things that are taking place somewhere in or out of the country. 

The people that like reading can get the information from the newspapers and magazines. This information is always about what is taking place in the country of in the world. If they really like to read different types of newspapers or magazines, you will have to be careful if you don’t choose the important ideas you will have a lot of repetitive ideas. We can also read books of our interest this could help as learn more about the specific topic and with this new knowledge get a clear idea of what we are trying to understand. Sometimes we don’t like reading but in this moment of high develop technology in which we can get the information that we need or want.

In these days with computer and internet we have almost free access to all types of information. We can get to it just by searching or looking at different social networks as facebook, twitter, YouTube, instagram…. With internet we also can stay in contact with our relatives by email, Skype or the other social networks. All the ideas and information that we can find there can help as see the thinks from another perspective. With the intelligent cell phones we can have a direct access to all this in an easier way.

 Glossary

• Barrage: an overwhelming and continuous delivery of something, as words, questions, or punches.
• Bias: mental tendency or inclination, especially an irrational preference or prejudice.
• Catch the news: To become cognizant or aware of suddenly.
• Coverage: the amount and quality of reporting or analysis given to a particular subject or event.
• Daily: of or occurring every day or every weekday.
• Despair: a person or thing that causes hopelessness or for which there is no hope.
• Disengage from: lose interest in something.
• Distract: to draw the attention of (a person) away from something.
• Evading: to get away from or avoid.
• Immobilized: to make or become immobile.
• Inconsequential: not following logically as a consequence.
• Intake: consumption.
• Lethal: able to cause or causing death.
• Makes a connection:  to bring into being by shaping, changing, or combining materials, ideas.
• Newsworthy: sufficiently interesting to be reported in a news bulletin.
• Perspective: the proper or accurate point of view or the ability to see it.
• Regardless of:  in spite of everything; disregarding drawbacks.
• Remedies: any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms.
• Repetitive: characterized by or given to unnecessary repetition.
• Underlying: fundamental, basic.

Grammar

Passive voice

To form the passive, use the correct form of be + the past participle. If the agent of the action is known and important, use by + the agent.

Bibliography

Ferre, T., & Sanabria, K. (2009). overload informtion. In T. Ferre, & K. Sanabria, north star 4 (pp. 1-20). USA: Pearson Longman.

word reference. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.wordreference.com/definition/Underlying