Reflection

Finally, i come to the last post for my assignment. I have read more news this month as compared to last. In additional, this is also the first time i am able to express my feelings for those news that i concerned of. I usually thought "blog" is like a dairy or an online shop. I do not see it as a way to offer news to people.

Still remember my early schooling days, my classmates and i normally will meet up and talk about stuffs that happens around us. Some even told us their habits of writing a dairy. Soon, as the technology improved, my friends has change to write their dairy online. After our graduation, we do not meet up that much due to our busy schedule. However, we still managed to know the parts and parcel of the life of each other online.

I deeply appreciate the existence of blog. I started my first blog around six months ago. I don't really like to blog in the first place. My perception changed during that time where my friend died during that month. I am truly remorseful about the sudden death of my friend. I know this friend of mine since 7 years old during schooling days. She was my classmates throughout my primary school days and secondary school days. Soon after our graduation in the year 2001, we were no longer in contact. During June last year, her sudden death shock me, and tears flowing down. All my classmates do not know what had happen as none of us keep in contact with her. During her funeral, 1 of our friend tells us her story. We were all puzzled on how she get the information. By now your should know how. It is "Her" blog that my friend get to know her life in the past. From then on, i appreciate the existent of the blog.

For this "News" weblog, i found out another "interest" in writing the blog. After writing this kind of blog, it allows me to express my personal feelings toward the certain news. It also connects me to other readers with the common interest. Through this blog of mine, i hope to make more friends which share my views. Although criticism is open to public too, but acceptance of criticism will makes one grows. I will continue to update where possible to repay those who visited this blog.

Print Vs Online

Printed designs and online designs can never be the same. As mention in my introduction, web offers interaction between readers and the author, whereas print could not. Why do i say so?

When readers read the contents online, they can straight away comment and discuss the materials with the author or other parties with the same interest. As for print, readers will not write to the author, they will email to the author instead.

Print and online serve the main purpose in providing readers with the intended information. They are also inseparable in some sense.

Newspaper, magazines is convenience and easily available. Some readers surf the net to find more detailed news is only when they read it on newspaper. Newspapers/Magazines do not have that much of pictures as compared to the web, and web are not as convenient to those.

In additional, print are normally well-organised whereas not all web designs is well-organised. Web however offers interactive videos and images which the print don't.

In conclusion, with the correct usage of elements, either one can emerge to be a good medium to offer the readers with the correct information.

People will be able to watch abortion advice during prime time TV?

In Uk, news has been released that advertisement for pregnancy advisory services could be allowed in prime-time evening slots on major TV channels and radio.

This came quite surprisingly as this kind of advertisement is normally banned from the TV media. This is due to the fact of which to protect the youth in receiving the wrong signal.

The sudden decision is made to put a halt on high rates of teenage pregnancy. This indicates to me that teenagers getting pregnant in UK are getting more and more common nowadays, and now, the government is trying to do something about it. One of the solutions they using is by education through media.

Everyone knows the power of media. Through this way, the message can be spread across to the public in the shortest time. As there is more and more teenagers getting pregnant nowadays, hence I felt this move will benefits the public. However, this will also be a double edged sword. Without proper guidance by parents, kids might also receive the wrong signal.

In additional, rules restricting the advertising of condoms on TV could also be relaxed under proposals. With all these new proposals for advertising through TV and radio, advertisers however will not rush into advertising. Adverts must be carefully planned before advertising. It shall not refer woman directly for abortion and also to encourage people to have safe sex. On top of that, the price for advertising during prime time period is costly too.

In conclusion, it will be interesting to see this kind of advertisements during prime time period. With this proposal taken into account, it might also open up to other kinds of advertisements in the future.

References and Image Source:

Yahoo News UK & Ireland, Abortion Ads could be allowed on TV, viewed on 28th March 2009, <http://uk.news.yahoo.com/21/20090326/tuk-abortion-ads-could-be-allowed-on-tv-6323e80.html>