How Mass Media Influences Our Lives
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The role of mass-media in our life
When we speak about massmedia, we speak about press, TV, radio and the Internet. They all bring information to mass/large audiences and people and they can really reach them.
All people in the world are curious; want to be informed about everything that is going on their town, village, country, in the world.
That is why they: read newspapers listen to the radio watch TV browse the WEB
Massmedia are a very important part of our life and we can hardly imagine life without them.
The development and technologies over the past 40 years have led to a revolution in the field of information. Never before has so much information been able to be produced, to be stored, to be used, to be communicated so quickly and so efficiently nowadays through satellite systems, cable syst., teletext syst., telephones, mobile phones, fax machines, e-mail services, and the internet. The internet is perhaps the greatest invention of a time which has created new way of communicating, entertainment, shopping, getting information, educating, advertising, getting jobs etc.
Television
Is a good medium for uniting the world: it enables us to follow the events reported from the spot from all corners on the Earth.
It has changed our lives in many ways.
TV viewing is by far the most popular pastime /=hobby/ in most countries in Europe+ America: there is more than 1 TV set in every family;
Nowadays many people spend more time watching TV than doing anything else. + Benefits:
- it educates, it helps us learn more about the world and know and see many new things it can often present information to us in a more effective way than books can and also it can make things more memorable it entertains: it is an enjoyable way to relax it increases: the popularity of sports, arts, etc. it makes: us aware of our global responsibilities
- Drawbacks: it can make us passive ( we don’t have to think and our brains become lazy; it
The role of mass-media in our life
When we speak about massmedia, we speak about press, TV, radio and the Internet. They all bring information to mass/large audiences and people and they can really reach them.
All people in the world are curious; want to be informed about everything that is going on their town, village, country, in the world.
That is why they: read newspapers listen to the radio watch TV browse the WEB
Massmedia are a very important part of our life and we can hardly imagine life without them.
The development and technologies over the past 40 years have led to a revolution in the field of information. Never before has so much information been able to be produced, to be stored, to be used, to be communicated so quickly and so efficiently nowadays through satellite systems, cable syst., teletext syst., telephones, mobile phones, fax machines, e-mail services, and the internet. The internet is perhaps the greatest invention of a time which has created new way of communicating, entertainment, shopping, getting information, educating, advertising, getting jobs etc.
Television
Is a good medium for uniting the world: it enables us to follow the events reported from the spot from all corners on the Earth.
It has changed our lives in many ways.
TV viewing is by far the most popular pastime /=hobby/ in most countries in Europe+ America: there is more than 1 TV set in every family;
Nowadays many people spend more time watching TV than doing anything else. + Benefits:
- it educates, it helps us learn more about the world and know and see many new things it can often present information to us in a more effective way than books can and also it can make things more memorable it entertains: it is an enjoyable way to relax it increases: the popularity of sports, arts, etc. it makes: us aware of our global responsibilities
- Drawbacks: it can make us passive ( we don’t have to think and our brains become lazy; it