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Media ecology

Media ecology is about how media (like TV, radio, internet) affects our lives. It is like a big experiment to figure out how communication, news, and entertainment affects how we think, act, and feel. For example, media ecology studies if people play different video games, do they become more or less violent in real life. It looks at how using social media like Facebook or Instagram affects our relationships with each other. Another example is how watching a violent or a funny TV show can make us feel calmer or more excited, depending on the show. Media ecology helps us understand how media is affecting us and how it affects our world.