Can you hear that?... Its Radio!

It is there when you wake up, when you are travelling from place to place even when you are sitting at home reading a book, the radio. Personally I listen to the radio every chance I get, even when I am in the shower I have my stereo turned up to the max, and my aunt can testify to that! Personally, I cannot stand being in a room that is silent, which is why I always turn to my radio to bring a sense that there is a presence in the room besides me. I can laugh at what the broadcaster(s) are saying, sing along to the trendy music they play and even learn a thing or two about what is going on in the world. It is a huge part of every ones lives. It provides us with news, traffic updates, music, contests and when spending alone time reading, cooking eating etc., it brings a sense of lively hood into the room. It is a convenient form of entertainment that most of the time we do not even realize how much of a role it plays in our daily lives.

But, the purpose it was meant to serve, is not what it has developed to be now. Its stations were radiotelegraphy systems that did not carry sound. They were meant to transmit letters in Morse code. It was a means of commuting information quicker than sending a carrier to deliver the message, which may not have got to its destination until several weeks, or months later. It wasn't until Christmas Eve 1906 that the first (recorded) audio transmission was made, this was the starting point for advertisements, music and other ads to be broad casted by 1920. Today in the 20th century it has escalated from being used to quickly confirm business deals, to bringing people the news, traffic reports, weather, the latest music and advertisements for the trendy places to hang out like clubs.

Yes, it still continues to deliver messages quickly but the messages have changed from an easy way for businesses to communicate with one another, to these stations gaining the attention of the mass public convincing us that these radio stations are the best station to listen to...and of course, making a huge profit off of us. But hey, at the end of the day am I going to turn my radio on while I'm in the shower, OF COURSE! Its not a hard hobby to live out all I have to do is push a button turn up the volume dial and walk away, each step my life becoming more and more influenced by media.

N/A. Radio broad casting, History. September 22, 2008. Wikipedia .September 25, 2008.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_broadcasting.

Setting up my blog

Hi there!

I am very excited that I have finaly set up my very own blog. I found that using blogger.com it was very easy to set up an account and get started. Like many other bloggers have said, the most difficult part of this blogging process was coming up with a blog name. After about an hour, of asking my boyfriend, searching the Internet, and reading other blogs, I came across this quote. "We live in a rainbow of chaos". I think that this quote is absolutely true.

 Like a rainbow has many different rays of light entering a single rain drop to create each individual color we see. The world has many diverse cultures that make the world as beautiful as it is. In contrast to this quote a rainbow has a very organized pattern that is always constant. The world that we know and live in today is not always constant it is always changing. Although our political authorities attempt to prevent chaos in the world sometimes is creates even more chaos than before.

So, after thinking about what this quote means to me, and a few more steps here is my blog! As a new Blogger I hope everyone enjoys reading all of my posts to come as I look forward to reading all of the comments that come from my readers.

"rainbow." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 11 Sep. 2008 <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/489881/rainbow>.