Evolution in Media
Question: Discuss how the global media industry started taking shape after the Second World War. What were the major features of media industry in US and Europe during 1950s to 1970s? How did the media industry in US get restructured during 1980s to 1990s?
Media can be defined in general as, "media" refers to various means of communication. For example, television, radio, and the newspaper are different types of media. Media includes every broadcasting and narrowcasting medium such as newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, billboards, direct mail, telephone, fax, and internet. Thus Media Industry is thus the business activities related to media.
There has been a constant change in the Global Media Industry with the changing expertise and technology over the years.
Global Media Industry during the Second World War (1939-45)
The media was the major source of information during the Second World War. News about the war was generally received from such sources as radio, newspapers, magazines, and newsreels.
In a way, they acted as propaganda for stirring up American support for the war effort in Europe.
Even propaganda in the U.S. with Uncle Sam posters, and the importance of defending your country helped keep military recruitments up and a high trust in the government. Propaganda was the sole reason that made Hitler so powerful.
Global Media Industry after Second World War and how it started taking shape? (late 1940’s)
The 1940s were dominated by World War II This was as true for the media as it was for other areas of American life. Till 1946, newspapers and radio concentrated their coverage on the war.
Military Media
At the scenes of conflict, the men and women in uniform were kept informed by thousands of military newspapers, the most important being Stars and Stripes.
Radio in the 1940s
Radio showed its importance in the nearly instant reporting of major events, such as the Battle of Britain and the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Edward R. Murrow
Media can be defined in general as, "media" refers to various means of communication. For example, television, radio, and the newspaper are different types of media. Media includes every broadcasting and narrowcasting medium such as newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, billboards, direct mail, telephone, fax, and internet. Thus Media Industry is thus the business activities related to media.
There has been a constant change in the Global Media Industry with the changing expertise and technology over the years.
Global Media Industry during the Second World War (1939-45)
The media was the major source of information during the Second World War. News about the war was generally received from such sources as radio, newspapers, magazines, and newsreels.
In a way, they acted as propaganda for stirring up American support for the war effort in Europe.
Even propaganda in the U.S. with Uncle Sam posters, and the importance of defending your country helped keep military recruitments up and a high trust in the government. Propaganda was the sole reason that made Hitler so powerful.
Global Media Industry after Second World War and how it started taking shape? (late 1940’s)
The 1940s were dominated by World War II This was as true for the media as it was for other areas of American life. Till 1946, newspapers and radio concentrated their coverage on the war.
Military Media
At the scenes of conflict, the men and women in uniform were kept informed by thousands of military newspapers, the most important being Stars and Stripes.
Radio in the 1940s
Radio showed its importance in the nearly instant reporting of major events, such as the Battle of Britain and the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Edward R. Murrow