Some wonderful references: http://www.thewmparentingconnection.com/2013/03/guest-post-9-positive-effects-of-social.html http://neuroanthropology.net/2010/04/25/be-afraid-america-be-very-afraid-the-effect-of-negative-media/ http://bigthink.com/in-their-own-words/why-we-love-bad-news-understanding-negativity-bias Continue reading References

The answer is (drumroll please) … neither! Media is neither positive or negative. In order for media to function in our society, it must have both negative and positive elements. We have to be interested, take something from it and … Continue reading What’s the Verdict?

We’ve all heard the thrashing of social media, and although it does have many drawbacks, lets focus on some of the positive elements that people may not always see. From twitter to Deviantart, the range of social media varies greatly. … Continue reading Positivity: Social Media

Society has changed a lot over the course of the last few years, and unfortunately the content shown in movies targeted towards kids and family have changed drastically. Take for example, I was going with some friends to see Catching … Continue reading Positivity: The Movies

When we see news headlines, we often see that they are negative events, again because that’s what we want to hear about, as sad as it is it peeks our interest more than positive events. But the news is powerful, … Continue reading Positivity: The News

When watching a movie, T.V., or even posting on a social network, we never really stop to think, what am I looking at, truly? Is this negative? Positive? How is what I am looking at in the media affecting me? … Continue reading Is Media Positive?