1. To what extent are the modern mass media creating a truly informed world? A truly informed world refers to the availability of information and news to people. It does not just mean the availability of information to the general public‚ but also to the government bodies and economic sectors. An informed world is important as it allows wiser choices to be made‚ as people have the knowledge of better alternative. Evaluations can be made and changes to better government policies can be implemented
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Within the entertainment media there is now an acceptance of homosexuality First of all I think this issue is highly vary by culture I guess in the Ortodox Arabic world the entertainment media is not even allowed to speak about homosexuality while in other part of the world it is an everyday topic I would say so. The Mediterranean countries like Portugal or Brazil is another maybe more complicated case. But to be clear I would like to debate this question in the terms of the general “western culture”
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about Media My audience for this paper is very broad and specific too. My audience is not only the journalists‚ but all the targeted audience who rely on media for everything. It is called mass media because the masses believe what is shown on television whether true or false. The targeted audience spans a large age group that includes young students‚ middle age people‚ and old age people who believe what they see on television but are unaware of some of the bitter but true facts about media. The
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The mass media Newspapers‚ radio‚ television‚ and the Internet—including e-mail and blogs—are usually less influential than the social environment‚ but they are still significant‚ especially in affirming attitudes and opinions that are already established. The news media focus the public’s attention on certain personalities and issues‚ leading many people to form opinions about them. Government officials accordingly have noted that communications to them from the public tend to “follow the headlines
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become a global village. It is media that has shrunk the world into a village. Telecommunication‚ TV‚ radio‚ and now computers have reduced distances and brought the countries of the world closer to each other. Free media is the integral part of democracy. It acts as the custodian of democracy and facilitates the decision-making process. It has become the voice of the masses. Indeed‚ it is instrumental in shaping the public opinion. A society with restricted media is just like stagnant water. Such
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The Power of the Media The struggle for who gets what‚ when and how is largely carried out through the media. Mass communications help determine what the nation knows about politics and thus helps determine who gets what. The media is often referred to as the "fourth branch" of government because of the power they wield. The media consists of television‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ radio‚ books‚ recordings‚ films‚ and the Internet. Television is the most powerful media format since almost every home
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Your role models are people that the media exposes you to. You want to be someone‚ but not yourself! And now you say media does not influence you! Oh come on‚ it surely does! Mass media does affect the way in which masses think and act. It influences their behavior both positively and negatively. The positive effects are surely celebrated by one and all. But the negative effects are not conducive to a healthy society. Here‚ we will try to understand how media influences us negatively. Images that
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Media Respected teachers and my dear friends‚ Assalam-u-Alaikum and a very Good Morning to all of you! I am Samara Irfan of OII‚ and to I am here for the debate. The topic that is given to me for the debate is “Media as abuse”. I don’t support this statement; I don’t think media as abuse. It is often said that the world has become global village. Telecommunication‚ radio and television and finally computer have reduced distance and brought the most countries aloes enough to each other. The media
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effects of before and after the introduction of media to the community. The constant question which crops up on the effects of media is‚ will the exposure of youth to media violence cause increased levels of aggression and violent behavior. According to Huesmann (2001)‚ he said that the young adults may behave aggressively if they are exposed to media violence since young. Ones characteristics can be formed when they are young due to the exposure of media such as television‚ can determine what kind of
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Departmental Papers (ASC) Annenberg School for Communication 2002 Globalization of Culture Through the Media Marwan M. Kraidy University of Pennsylvania‚ kraidy@asc.upenn.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers Part of the International and Intercultural Communication Commons Recommended Citation Kraidy‚ M. (2002). Globalization of culture through the media. In J. R. Schement (Ed.)‚ Encyclopedia of communication and information (Vol. 2‚ pp. 359-363). New York
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