Effects of Mass Media Worksheet
Write brief 250-to 300-word answers to each of the following:
|Questions |Answers |
|What were the major developments in the |Major developments in the evolution of mass media during the 20th century were the |
|evolution of mass media during the 20th |beginnings of newspapers, radios, television broadcasting, cell phones, and internet. The |
|century? |use of satellites in outer space to create communication. With the new and advanced |
| |technology that has been coming out, people are able to communicate worldwide within a |
| |matter of seconds. As the years are going by the use of a cell phone to many is considered|
| |a must. This is how people communicate around the world at such a fast pace, and now with |
| |social media like facebook people fit it into their daily life schedule. Plus it is less |
| |expensive to communicate with people instead of using other methods. The newspaper was |
| |used for communication to a large number of groups all at one time. Later when television |
| |came along a family was very fortunate to have one since the cost was very expensive. |
| |Families would get together at a home to watch special broadcastings. The television back |
| |then was only in black and white, with only a few channels. Now the television is in color|
| |and for an extra charge you can have many channels available. After