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 |In the 20th century one of the major developments in the evolution of mass media was the |
|evolution of mass media during the 20th |electronic era. The electronic era of the 20th century started with the continuing use and|
|century? |improvement of the telegraphs. Telegraphs were mostly used by the military and businesses.|
| |As technology digressed, on the telegraph opened the door for radio developments, which |
| |was used for message, news, and entertainment. The fax machine was another form of the |
| |telegraph that got better in the 20th century. Throwing in the new improved feature of |
| |send a visual image with an message. Finally, the invention of the cell phone was the |
| |demise of the telegraph. Western Union sent their last final message in 2006. |
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| |The second major development in the evolution of mass media was the digital era. Digital |
| |communication is images, texts, and sounds. That is converted into electronic signals that|
| |are then reproduced into things like TV, pictures, or magazine articles. The invention of |
| |TV was in the digital stage. It was a whole