Media

Media: The Types of Traditional and Digital Medias

Communication is very important for humanity. Throughout history, communication media has evolved to satisfy human comfort. These are instruments by which the communication process is performed. Since the oldest artifact until the most advance, have helped people with their daily lives. To understand this, we can identify the types of traditional and digital medias and their advantages and disadvantages.

The objectives of media are to inform, educate, entertain, persuade and promote. Traditional medias are artifacts used before the apparition of telecommunications. For example, books, newsletters, newspapers and magazines are traditional medias. Some advantages of this type of media are their low cost and easy distribution like newspaper, things with long and rich contents like magazines and books, language enrichment, and have the ability to send physical objects with a formal classic newsletter. The disadvantages are that it gives too much information; some like magazines and books have a high cost of production; information flows slowly and all of this is produced with paper, a material that it is taken from nature and its consumption cause pollution.

On the other hand, we have the digital or modern media, instruments used after the apparition of telecommunications. Modern media consists of the telegraph (one of the first modern media, it is no longer used), television, radio, telephones and cellphones and the internet. Some advantages of digital media are that information flows more quickly and is presented in a direct and easy manner to understand; communication arrives to millions of persons at same time, in different parts of the world; to bring knowledge and entertain. Psychological and social problems, bad influences and high costs are some of the disadvantages of this type of media. The industrial revolution and technology has done all of these things and it has benefit and prejudiced our daily lives in many ways.

Communication medias are an important part of our life. Thanks to this, the entire world is connected enabling information to arrive to every part of the planet. Also allows social relationships in large distances. Our responsibility is to use medias in a way that benefits us and does not prejudice any person. This guarantees a great life style. 

Marriage

Marriage: Reasons to Contract it and Keep it Successful

Marriage is the institution in which two persons live together under the law. The regular marriage is between a man and a woman, but in the present, some countries allow marriage between two men and between two women. This civil institution is possible thanks to authorized persons like ministers, priest and judges. Marriage has two important factors: the reasons to contract it and the things you need to do to keep it successful. 

There are some reasons to contract marriage based on religious, social and political aspects. The main reason is to legalize a relationship in a permanent form and share mutual love. Also, the wish to form a family and resolve economical and loneliness problems. In some cases, the influence of society and religion forces the decision of two persons to get married. These and other reasons are enough to take this crucial decision in life.

On the other hand, to have a successful marriage the couple needs to practice some important and necessary good qualities. One of the most important qualities in marriage is respect, each one needs to practice this and respect the ideas, opinions and decisions of their partner. Another important quality is tolerance, without this, the relationship would be unstable. Communication and taking decisions together is part of a great marriage. These qualities with many others ensure and keep the successful marriage that every person wants.

Maintaining a marriage can be difficult. Therefore, practicing and having this attributes is the only way to have a healthy marriage. In this form the couple can face their problems together and avoid the drastically solution of divorce. 

Religion

Religion: The Influence of Catholicism on Puerto Rico

In the world, there are around fifteen religions in existence. Nearly 33% of humanity around the Earth practices Catholicism, being the most practiced religion in the planet, followed by Islamism and Hinduism. In my country, Puerto Rico, Catholicism is the most practiced religion. About 97% of puertorricans practice it. This religion comes to Puerto Rico thanks to the Spanish colonizers in the fifteenth century. This means that the society and culture of this country has Catholic influence.

Throughout history, Catholicism has evolved in different forms in Puerto Rico. Today, we can see how our society and culture have been influenced by this religion. Different holidays in the year are celebrated thanks to this influence: Christmas, Easter and even New Year are great examples of these holidays; some festivals and carnivals are celebrated to honor some Patron Saints. Our history is based on Catholicism and is an important part of traditions of Puerto Rico. The influence of religion in traditions is important in the formation of puertorricans.

Also, religion influenced the society and history of these islands. Each town of Puerto Rico is founded based on some elements, one of these is religion. The Catholic Church was established in each town of the country, bringing big influence in these social groups. Each one has a Patron Saint, a biblical character dedicated to each municipality. Other places like shrine, monuments and statues are part of this religion. In addition, some towns, neighborhoods, streets and even beaches have names of different characters of the Bible, the most important book of Catholicism.

These elements are just some that have Catholicism influence. Although there are other religions in the country, this is practiced by the majority of the population of Puerto Rico. Each society has a religion that influences its culture, traditions and society. This is why it is important to keep and maintain religion so that we and future generations may continue to enjoy it.

War

War: The Actual War That Surround Us

As we know, war is defined as a conflict or problem. This conflict can happen between two or more countries, between societies, people and even with ourselves. We often associate war with a problem between two or more countries, but this term is much more than simple definition. Every day we can have an external war; this is because conflicts can easily occur between us and other people. But there are also internal wars; these are problems within each person. These are today’s wars, the actual war that surround us.

If we consider an external war a conflict, we know that is a problem between two or more people. In this case, war between two or more countries, also could be classified as a problem. If we focus in problems between people, we will find that they happen every day. When a person has a problem with another, for any reason, there is a conflict that, compared to war between countries, is little but in some cases becomes bigger. External war happens in the majority of cases because there are clash of ideas, a problem that we still have on today’s societies.

Internal war happens more frequently. It is that conflict with our self that can also contribute with the problems within a country. Problems like stress and depression. This battle with our own feelings can be an internal conflict in a person. The solutions to these problems are to confront and take good decisions to resolve them. Each person has the potential to resolve these problems but everyone has a unique form to do it and win their internal wars.

            War is more than bombs, weapons, soldiers and humanity conflicts. We have war every day, therefore is important to avoid it and resolve problems with discipline and knowledge in mind.  Everyone knows that war is bad to humanity. We need to find peace to get over war and have a better society.