Newspaper contribution 1: Media

Media in Costa Rica

The main element that the people use today to communicate and entertain around the world is the Media. Through this important actual element the people can inform, look for the last news, make new knowledge, socialize with people of different places and make new friends.

In Costa Rica, we have or enjoy Freedom of Expression with certain moral and ethical standards set by the citizenship and religious precepts; in other countries the Estate prohibits access to certain information o express free ideas. But this “Freedom” in our country has been sometimes shaken by the murder of journalists for example Parmenio Medina; a voice that only seeks to inform the people about atrocities committed by bad economic and social groups. On the other hand you can look social groups who freely express their ideas about government proposals and different topics that can affect the population.

The citizens in Costa Rica can access different elements of media to inform, to inform and to entertain but we have to be careful because you can see data or documents that are not appropriate to children and sensible people.

We have the television and the cable entertainment; you can look for the last news on 7 Channel “Telenoticias”, CNN, CBS, BBC or Fox News. Also we can learn through the Discovery´s Channels, A&E, Biography and History Channel about science, history, Universe, animals, political topics, celebrities, human constructions, etc. We can also enjoy different movies on the channel HBO, Cinecanal, TNT, Studio Universal, Multipremier, and Disney with all kinds of topics for the human temperaments.

Other media is the newspaper, either on paper or online, you can have access to the last days news in Costa Rica, in the world, sports, entertainment, adds, editorials, health, nutrition, recipes and more topics for the popular interest.

And finally one of my favorite media is the Internet, because I can see and learn positive or good information and entertain me in several ways, for example: read news, look for information about our favorite artist or singer, create a blog, learn about different subjects, know and share with people around the world, to listen music and watch videos about all things.