The Internet

The Internet is an INTERnational information NETwork that allows millions of computers users around the world to exchange information. The Internet makes it possible for people to communicate by e-mail (electronic mail) and to search for information on the World Wide Web. It was developed by the American Department of Defence in the 60's. Later, companies decided to go on the Internet to create websites for the public. Today, the Net is the largest source of information.











Universities and libraries display information on the Net, where everybody can search for it and use it to their advantage. Since the web is growing, there is no encyclopaedia as complete as the Internet.








 You can even see the latest pictures of the Mars expeditio.
As you can see, the Internet is a marvelous medium, but sometimes information included there is not reliable. It can be very useful because it provides infotmation and entertainment for grown-ups and children, but it also has certain disadvantages.

"...And... is a little uncomfortable, but it is the only way that
children give us some attention during class ..."

Brad Paisley - Welcome To The Future

What is the media?

To understand what exactly the media is, it is first important to define the term “media. “A group” – When referring to the mass media as a “group,” it's to say that newspapers, movie studios, television networks, radio stations, and so called “media conglomerates” are all a part of this group of people and companies related to the collective we call “the media.”

Obviously, this group has evolved over the years. In the beginning of civilization, we only had the ability to transmit messages from person to person, through words in the form of stories and conversation. Later, humans developed written language and messages were recorded on some sort of surface. This method further evolved with the capability to copy written messages over and over again. In the twentieth century we began using electronic media. At first, radio was the electronic media of choice. This later evolved into television, and eventually into the internet.

“that constructs messages with embedded values” – The media do not only create messages, but they create messages with embedded values. As we will soon discover, it’s impossible to find any message in the media (or even with people we know personally) that doesn’t have a subjective bias. No part of the media is objective and unbiased, including the news media.Notice that the word “constructs” was used instead of a word such as “creates” or “produces.” The notion that media messages are constructed means that one or more persons made a conscious effort to build the message you’re viewing, listening to, or reading. For example, in a photograph, the photographer uses specific techniques to make her subject more emotionally engaging to the viewer.

“in order to achieve a specific goal” – This last part of the definition is perhaps the most important of all. The media constructs a message, disseminates it into society, and targets specific people in order to achieve an end result. The end result is ultimately meant to sell you something: either a product or service, or an ideology.

As we’ll soon discover, the media is a business selling a product (the message), to a set of consumers (the audience). An example of the media’s intent to sell a product or service, is the commercials we watch between the segments of our favorite television shows. Those commercials have the intention of selling you a product or service. An example of the media’s intent to sell an ideology is the television show between the commercial segments. The television show appeals to your sensibilities and in turn it sells you a lifestyle.

Of course, as with all things, extremes do exist in the media’s attempts to sell a product or ideology. When an extremely biased media source tries to sell you a political ideology, it is considered propaganda.

Imagine - John Lennon, Lyrics

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people living for today

Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people living life in peace

You, you may say
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people sharing all the world

You, you may say
I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
I hope some day you'll join us
And the world will live as one..

Imagine - John Lennon

                                          ALIVE FILM

This documental film is starred by  Ethan Hawke,Vincent Spano,Josh Hamilton,Sam Behrens,Illeana Douglas,
Jack Noseworthy,David Cubitt, Danny Nucci,jonathan duhamel, John Malkovich. It´s directed by  Frank Marshall.It is about a  rugby group who flew to Chile to play there in 1972.These players were good students from Montevideo.Suddenly, while the plane was flying it crashed and against the mountains and fell down. They weren´t reswed for many, many days and as it was so cold, many students died only a group of 16 could survive.They didn´t have food or water and they living. They were very hungry and started eating human bodies, until they were rescued. Here you can see love, generosity, tolerance, frendship, charity, good faith and sincerity.

Victoria Rodríguez

                                       A BOOK
The name of the book, is the beauty and beast. It was written by Linda  Woolverton. It was published  1740. It was tramloted into sweral languages. This story about a handsome prince who was wiched and became a beast who lived in an old casthe. There was a beatiful princess who come to this casthe and discoverent him. At first she was scared of him but them she tolkeed him and he always definded her. So the beauty started to appreciote him.The beast fell in love with her and the beauty fell in love with hes volues: love, tolerance, generasty, affection, and honesty, in spite of this phisical appearence. 
Victoria Rodriguez