MATRIC NUMBER: 14MC1016 COURSE CODE: MAC211 COURSE TITLE: FUNDAMENTAL OF SPEECH COMMUNICATION LEVEL: 200L DEPARTMENT: MASS COMMUNICATION FACULTY: SOCIAL SCIENCE LECTURER’S NAME: MAL. ONAKPAH ASSIGNMENT TOPIC THE ROLE OF PRESS IN A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION IN NIGERIA By ADELEKE ESTHER KEHINDE INTRODUCTION Election is a festival of democracy. It fosters an inclusive state; democracy rooted in popular sovereignty and sustainable peace and tests the competitive strength of political
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Mass Media and Its Influence Spoken‚ written‚ or broadcast communication whose medium may include television‚ radio‚ advertising‚ movies‚ newspapers‚ magazines‚ books‚ cell phones and the Internet becomes a mass media that affects our society’s perception of ourselves and others and influences the structures of our society as well as the reactions of the individual. Americans perceive the political‚ economic‚ class‚ educational‚ and other structures of American society because of‚ by‚ and through
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Mass Media and Its Influence Comm/220 May 26‚ 2013 Mass Media and its influence From cave paintings to the internet‚ media has become our way of getting information around. The amount of people in society that are connected to media makes mass media a major influence on society. Since television or T.V. and radio began‚ advertisement has become a huge market. Advertisement in today’s mass media basically tells society what goods and services should be used or purchased. Consider the media’s
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UNIT 2 DEVELOPMENT. COMMUNICATION Structure 2.0 Objectives Introduction Concept and Definitions Philosophy of Development Communication Role of the Media in Development Communication Communication Needs and Resources Strategies in Development Communication Case Studies and Experience 2.7.1 Scavenger Development Programme of Indonesia: Case Study-I 2.7.2 Site Project: Case Study-II 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Let Us Sum Up Further Reading 2.10 Check Your Progress: Modei Answers After
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Over decades‚ mass media has been used to propagate information to the target audience. It has been a powerful tool that has been used by different people to express their interests on their audience. However‚ it comes with both positive and negative effects to the society depending on the channel used. Sometimes‚ channels are not sensitive on the kind of audience thus arousing fear‚ controversy‚ violence‚ or other emotions associated with the message being conveyed. Many experts have conducted
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Do the advantages of Mass Media outweigh the disadvantages? Mass media refers collectively to all the media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience via mass communication. There are various forms of mass media such as radio‚ television‚ movies‚ magazines‚ newspapers and the World Wide Web. Mass Media enjoys a very prominent role in our lives and thus‚ it is believed to influence our society. There are positive and negative effects of mass media on our society. This essay will
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What were the major developments in the evolution of mass media during the 20th century? There were a few major developments in the evolution of mass media during the 20th century. One of those developments was radio. Radios were the first major nonprint forms of mass media. Radios reached a huge number of people‚ they were less expensive then telephones‚ and they were extremely popular. In 1946‚ televisions were introduced as a new form of mass media. There were approximately 17‚000 televisions at this
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Material 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 |During the 20th century‚ due to new technology the effect of mass media had grown. Methods| |evolution of mass media during the 20th |of communication evolved from oral to digital. Mass media is intended for a large
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Alec Overstreet English 221 October 21‚ 2010 Mass Media Effects The mass media has a great influence that could be harmful to younger generations‚ and the government or television/computer producers should make changes in their media so the influence does not affect the children of the future. “The best thing about the mass media is that it immediately provides us with the latest information about the things happening around us. Mass media reports news from all the fields such as politics
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Mass Media and Violence Is it hard to believe that just forty years ago only a few privileged families had televisions in their home? In recent years‚ it is estimated that a whopping ninety-eight percent of families have one or more television sets in their home. Motion pictures‚ televisions‚ video games‚ and the internet are just some forms of mass media that have emerged since the last century. With the rise of mass media‚ the increase of violent behavior has increased as well. Mass media influences
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