Theme 3 (Media and communication) - summary

The summary has been prepared by Daria Hałas, 
who wanted to help her Comenius friends write 
the summaries of themes they worked on :-)

The third theme, which VAGAB people had to do some research on and talk about was "Media and communication". The results were easy to predict. 

Obviously, the most popular media among teenagers is the Internet, similarly like in other countries. Young people find it the easiest way watch movies, help with homework, find information or to communicate with friends (in Poland for example we use an instant  messenger called "Gadu Gadu"). The majority of Polish adolescents has an account in social networks like Facebook, Twitter or Myspace. What is worth noting, almost 95% of teenagers in Poland is online, which is totally impressive news. The Internet is a connector between us and the people we want to be in touch with.

Music is also one of the most important thing in our lives. We are not able to imagine a day without some piece of music by our favourite artist, so we use devices such as mp3 players, Ipods or even mobile phones, which in fact have a lot of various applications and are not used only for talking. 

Less popular media is television, because we find news and information online, but some of us watch films or sporting events there, which in fact is a good way to spend some time with our parents -   they are important media users and they watch more television than teenagers. A popular source of the latest news among them, especially the busiest ones, is the radio. The rate of popularity of this media was the highest after the Second World War, because of the lack of television sets, but what is important, people didn't have a full view of what was going on - the communistic government used to censor information. 

Nowadays even elderly people learn how to use the computer and surf the Net, which makes the World a "global village". The boys from the Polish group number 3 even said: "Nowadays, communication is as easy as cycling".

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