Dependancy Theory

1) What do YOU primarily use the media for: entertainment or information? (Or something else?)
On a normal daily basis, I would use the media for entertainment which includes YouTube videos, TV and reading books. However, in occasions where I am doing research, I would use the media to find out information

2) To what extent do you feel we are dependent on the media?
To a great extent. We rely on the media, weather apps or websites, to inform us on the weather. We rely on the media to entertain us when we are bored and we even rely on the media to keep us updated on everyone's life on social networks.

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

It has changed a lot because we use media more in our lives compared to 10 years ago. Since media has increased in size, we become dependent on it as we feel like it is easier to check what the weather is like tomorrow instead of waking up in the morning and looking outside our window.

4) Read this Telegraph article – does this support Dependency theory? What is your personal opinion on this issue?
It supports the dependency theory as it explains that most young people have become so dependant on the internet, that they feel lost without it. Personally, its sad to see that this generation needs media to entertain themselves or to even live life!