People Media

People as Media and People in Media

 People – human beings making up a Learning – the activity or process of
group or assembly or linked by a gaining knowledge or skill by
common interest studying, practicing, being taught, or
 Media – a medium of cultivation, experiencing something : the activity
conveyance, or expression of someone who learns
 People Media – an assembly of Interaction – mutual or reciprocal
people with a common interest where action or influence
they become the main means of mass Feedback – helpful information or
communication. In other words, criticism that is given to someone to
people are media themselves since say what can be done to improve a
they have the ability for mass performance, product, etc.
communication.

Definitions
People in Media – they are the people behind another
form of media. They use other forms of media such as text
media, visual media, multimedia, etc. in disseminating
information and imparting knowledge.

People as Media – they are the MEDIA itself. The person

serves as the medium for another person to learn or
acquire new knowledge.

People in Media vs. People as Media

 Idea Generators – example are authors, writers
 Speakers – active people media such as journalists
newscasters, politicians
 Users – especially in the internet where content is
highly user-generated, everyone is a user

Types
In every step of the development of technology and other types of
media, people media was present, they made the existence of all
types of media possible. They were the transmitters of information,
they were the information sources, before all of the other media was
made available. We, the people media, created every type of media
(from text to multimedia and manipulative, etc.) - and we created
them for a reason, to destroy barriers and have a wider reach, to
impart information in an easier and faster way.

Importance
 Tech Savvy – proficient in the use of technology
-practical understanding or knowledge of something
 Credible – able to be believed, capable of being believed;
plausible, worthy of confidence; reliable.
 Flexible – knows how to use a range of technology; able to change or to
do different things
 Charismatic – appeals to the senses of different people
 Updated – in the know of the latest information
 Articulate – expressing oneself easily in clear and effective language

Characteristics
1. They are prone to be
misinterpreted and to misinterpret
data that they are transferring (i.e.
words that have already been said
cannot be taken back).

Advantages and Disadvantages

2. They serve as a
model to others who
look upon them. Either
they would influence
others values which are
viewed as likable or
they would be passing
on values that may not
be upright.

Advantages and Disadvantages

3. The person that
serves as the medium
would be receiving
feedbacks that may
benefit or destroy
him/her.

Advantages and Disadvantages

4. The audience can be biased of their
judgment on the persons’ integrity if
they have a developed a background of
the personal life of the person.

Advantages and Disadvantages

5. People get tired, retires,
and do not stay in the
physical world for a very
long time.

Advantages and Disadvantages

• Flexibility – able to correct
mistakes last minute (thought-
process)
• Ability to process the feelings
of its media receivers
• Ability to maintain
relationships between sender
and receiver
Advantages and Disadvantages
• Fast feedback between sender
and receiver
• Interactive
• Reliability – capable of being
relied on; dependable
• Plagiarism – the practice of
taking someone else’s work or
ideas and passing them off as
one’s own
Make a character sketch of the most influential person in media.
(2000 – 2016)

Include 3 claims with corresponding counterclaims.

Claims and counterclaims must be with supporting facts or pieces of

evidences.

Individual Task
• Riena Mercene, Telle Tiberio, Justine Galandines, Aldrin Parreño, and Jethro
Lago from http://www.slideshare.net/aldrintp/et101thw-people-media
• SMARTEduEMEA: The History of Technology in Education (2011) from http
://youtu.be/UFwWWsz_X9s
• Merriam-Webster Online (2014) from http://www.merriam-webster.com
• The Free Dictionary (2014) from http://www.thefreedictionary.com
• Wiktionary: A multilingual free encyclopedia (2013) from http://
en.wiktionary.org
• Oxford Dictionaries (2014) from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us

Sources