the blog "riding-the-short-bus" was nothing special, it had some interesting points but the layout wasn't very eye catching and was kind of boring and lost my attention very quickly. http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/riding-the-short-bus-1

sassistas is a bit of a better blog, it has nice flashy colors and a strange name that catches the eye and has more interesting points it was my favorite out of the 4 blogs i explored. http://www.blogcatalog.com/blog/sassistas-our-dish-on-the-social-soup

1.The media supply information about important events (nationally and internationally).
http://www.cbc.ca/ cbc.ca shows news from all over the world.

2.The media influence what we talk and think about (hit movies, scandals, politics, etc). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9oibdOZaxKc

3.The media allow us to expand our personal experience (ex: safari adventures, war, famine). nationalgeographic.com http:/they explore different cultures and old socities

4.The media show us the images we come to accept as normal (standards of appearance, language, behaviour). /www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://i1013.photobucket.com/albums/af251/bavens/sexyladiesgif.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.blingcheese.com/image/code/20/ladies.htm&usg=__ODuN6Z__Kk1U9n_UzyMnQBpC8Hc=&h=625&w=417&sz=3245&hl=en&start=194&zoom=1&tbnid=JrQtuiQ1a2hFUM:&tbnh=161&tbnw=122&ei=aF9VTd32IcP7lwe24fChBw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsexy%2Bladies%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1276%26bih%3D596%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C4270&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=672&vpy=150&dur=109&hovh=275&hovw=183&tx=111&ty=125&oei=U19VTbDvA4WKlweT_9H4Bg&page=10&ndsp=22&ved=1t:429,r:4,s:194&biw=1276&bih=596 less clothing has been more natural in this era.

5.Advertising and public relations messages reach us through the media (buy products, accept ideas). http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://happilymarriedafter.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/5_dollar-footlong1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://happilymarriedafter.org/2010/10/22/five-five-dollar-five-dollar-foot-long/&usg=__QPWHrO-XMVwfpbTLzmv4e5j_qi8=&h=363&w=362&sz=39&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=1jUq0UoZVMnjNM:&tbnh=141&tbnw=141&ei=G2BVTd7JBISKlweH4OTnBg&prev=/images%3Fq%3D5%2Bdollar%2Bfoot%2Blong%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26biw%3D1276%26bih%3D596%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=1123&oei=G2BVTd7JBISKlweH4OTnBg&page=1&ndsp=18&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=87&ty=61

6.6.The media entertain us.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e89dI9K5OpM funny video

the video, "what is media literacy" is explaining the term media literacy. they say media could be associated with tv, bilboards, movies, commercials, computers and internet. and the term literacy means to read or create, putting the two words together means how to critacly read the media. its about acessing and creating the media.