Dependency theory - questions

• What do YOU primarily use the media for: entertainment or information?(or something else)

I personally use the media for entertainment and surveillance most of the time. Mostly I like to enjoy watching my soaps such as EastEnders or comedy shows such as Two and a Half Men or The Big Bang Theory. For surveillance I watch the news to keep up to date with what is happening around the world as well as keeping up to date with the daily politics. 

• To what extent do you feel we are dependant on the media?

I think that we are dependent on the media because most of the time an audience would relate their emotions to what they are watching. For example is someone is watching a movie and the disequilibrium upsets the character with in the movie the audience will automatically start to feel bad for the character and that will show a change in emotion and what decision they make. I can relate this to the hypodermic needle theory as well because similarly we watch other people review things such as games and we listen to what they say and make furthermore decisions on whether we want to buy the game or not. This supports the dependent theory because it clearly states that our decisions are based on what the people with in the media think. 

• Has our dependence on the media changed over the last 10 years? How?

I think that the dependence in the media has changed a lot over the last 10 years because of the new technology that has arrived and made it easier to watch media related things on the go. TV channels have also developed online services such as BBC IPlayer and BBC News online which means that you don't necessarily have to be in front of a TV to watch one of your favourite shows or even the news, you can also stay up to date from alerts via an application with in your phone which makes it even more easier.