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Colloquial language tends to confuse the term, "media".  

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COM 1010- FIRST ESSAY BY: GEORGIA COSTELLO STUDENT NUMBER: 18614396 TUTOR: JOANNE KUWAUA DUE DATE: 31 MARCH 2004 Colloquial language tends to confuse the term, "media". Many of us will robotically add the suffix, The (media), causing misuse as a singular noun and often immediate thoughts of negativity follow. Media refers to numbers of different ways of physically reproducing and carrying messages. (Cary Bazalgette) Media is not only expressed through newspapers, film, television and radio but the Internet, digital media and other developing mediums. It is important to note that 'Media Studies' is the art of analysing these texts to uncover their effect on society. It is an infinitely evolving field, thus one fragment of its controversial nature, yet most overtly; media studies is so immensely important to study as it is practically impossible to live in the twenty first century without encountering some form of media. A media studies course will output students as consumers with a...

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