Mass vs. local Mass media is distinguished from local media by the notion that whilst the former aims to reach a very large market such as the entire population of a country‚ the latter broadcasts to a much smaller population and area‚ and generally focuses on regional news rather than global events. A third type of media‚ speciality media‚ provides for specific demographics‚ such as specialty channels on TV (sports channels‚ porn channels‚ etc.). These definitions are not set in stone‚ and it is
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Topic 1 : Report on your firm’s use of social media Social Media “is a term used for the tools and platforms people use to publish‚ converse and share content online” (Designingforcivilsociety.com 2011). Examples of social media include‚ Blogs‚ Forums‚ Podcasts etc. Some of the biggest social media sites include Facebook‚ Twitter and YouTube. Facebook currently has “more than 800 million active users” (Facebook.com 2011). On twitter‚ another social media site‚ “140 million tweets are sent
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Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences (PJSS) Vol. 32‚ No. 1 (2012)‚ pp.171-183 Women Empowerment in Pakistan with Special Reference to Islamic Viewpoint: An Empirical Study Imran Sharif Chaudhry Professor & Chairman‚ Department of Economics Bahauddin Zakariya University‚ Multan‚ Pakistan E-mail: imran@bzu.edu.pk Farhana Nosheen PhD Scholar‚ Department of Economics‚ Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan‚ Pakistan E-mail: researcher_f@yahoo.com Muhammad Idrees Lodhi Assistant Professor
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Popular Culture and Print Media Print media is classified as anything that is in print and is also used to inform the public. The most prominent forms of print media are newspapers‚ books‚ magazines‚ direct mail‚ and yellow pages. Outdoor advertising like billboards and transit posters are different types of print media but are very effective in conveying the advertisement across. What one sees and reads has a big influence on what he or she says‚ how one says it‚ and his or her action
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Media and Children Nowadays‚ popularization of media is promoted‚ and people are naturally involved in mass media: we can find mass media everywhere in our daily lives. For instance‚ we watch television‚ read newspapers‚ listen to radio‚ and use internet often‚ and all of them are mass media. Actually‚ mass media is useful for educated people now‚ because it is important for them to grasp world affairs‚ and what things are going on in society. In addition‚ media is a convenience in various ways:
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” Discuss this statement giving examples from Zimbabwe’s media terrain. BY BLESSING JONA In this presentation‚ this scholar seeks to solidify that indeed hegemony can be seen as the dissoluble unity between political‚ moral and intellectual leadership. Through an analysis of the concept of hegemony as outlined by Antonio Gramsci‚ the scholar seeks to show how Zimbabwe’s media terrain reflects this concept. All this is in support of the assertion that hegemony is not simply a question of
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The mass media has a great influence on people and especially on the younger generation. It plays an important role in shaping the opinions and positions of young people. The mass media has left inevitable effects on people‚ especially on teenagers and young generations. In this modern world‚ people find new ways to spend their leisure time and mass media is one of the alternatives for them. Mass media is used by number of people all over the world because people can easily get use of it
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is almost endless. With any emerging technology‚ especially one that has significant implications on the pattern of human interaction and communication‚ there will be proponents and opponents. This essay will express my disagreement with view that media-based relationship and ‘communities’ have a damaging effect on our society in general but rather plays a major role in the success of modern human relationship. The most profound technologies are those that disappear. They weave themselves into the
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Introduction and Meaning of the Topic (Role of Mass Media in Educating the Rural People) Within a span of fifty years‚ the media technology has been utilized by developed as well as developing countries of the world for the purpose of qualitative improvement of education. The basic freedoms of a democratic society are freedom of speech‚ freedom of the press‚ freedom of assembly and freedom to petition. Besides these freedoms‚ rests of the freedoms are freedom of religious expressions‚ of politics
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“Electronic Media” are those communication mediums which are based on electronic or electromechanical means of production and most often distinguished from print media. The primary electronic media sources familiar to the general public worldwide include radio‚ sound recordings‚ television‚ video recording and streaming internet content” . It denotes‚ “the main means of communicating with large number of people‚ especially television‚ radio‚ internet and satellite”. The electronic media have four basic
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