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    effects of entertainment can both be positive and negative. This influence of the entertainment industry has grown tremendously over the years. The influence can be greatly attributed to the advancement of technology. Entertainment is mostly through the media which includes; the television‚ magazines‚ newspapers‚ radio‚ and internet‚ among others. The influence of entertainment on the younger generation affects the way that they dress‚ talk‚ and act. This is because the current generation and society depends

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    The Mass Media and Social Construction The mass media industry is implicated in social construction. There are "Ways of Seeing" which serve state-corporate interests at the expense of the interests of the people. This is because there is a direct relationship between the mainstream press and the political economy of state-corporate capitalism in the construction of the false reality. The system of capitalism heavily indoctrinates the population through the mainstream press. The mass media fulfils

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    Law applied to Mass Media.  Mass Media Law refers to the collective set of laws that protect or limit media or the consumers from different issues that may arise from the use of exposure to mass media. Television‚ Internet‚ Newspapers‚ Magazines‚ and film are just some of the few examples of Mass Media that are governed by this set of laws. However‚ each form of Mass Media is subject to the different law s under the general heading of Mass Media law given that each form of media interacts differently

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    Mass Media Influence on Youth We are all active consumers of different kinds of information‚ the flow of which is continuously growing. Abundance of TV channels‚ websites on the Internet‚ a huge amount of video and audio production‚ newspapers and magazines – all these information has become an integral part of our lives. Every morning we watch TV‚ read newspapers‚ on the workplace during lunch we are sharing the latest news in sport‚ fashion; talking about movies we saw with our colleagues

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    INFLUENCE OF MASS MEDIA ON YOUTH In the last 50 years‚ media influence has grown rapidly with an advance in technology. First there was the radio‚ then the newspapers‚ magazines‚ television and now the internet. Today‚ we all live in a media-dominated world. Media is a way for the members of the society to keep themselves informed about what is happening around them. It is also the major source of entertainment. By creating an image appealing to the youth‚ media controls the variety of material

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    “The emergence of television as a mass medium of communication was much more important in improving leisure opportunities for ordinary people. Than were any other 20th century developments in the media how far do you agree with this judgement as applied to the growth of leisure opportunities in Britain during the course of the 20th century as a whole?” Since the beginning of the twentieth century and before the media has been a principle tenant of British culture‚ the leisure time and expendable

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    A form of media that revolutionized the way humans communicate was the radio. David Sarnoff is the best candidate for the man who put radio on the map. Although it may have not been his choosing‚ the sinking of the Titanic in 1916 put his name in the record books. For three days straight‚ the young Sarnoff decoded messages from the sinking ship from his office in New York (Wells 36). The Titanic broadcast was groundbreaking‚ because it showed and economically profitable way by which radio could be

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    Mass media The significance of new media today New media – anything that uses new technology that usually involves some process of convergence e.g. phones as they can now access the internet. New media is likely to be digital‚ interactive and dispersed (not controlled by a single source of professionals). Democracy – rule by the people for the people Users of new media What they use it for The general public Social networking‚ shopping etc Young people Music downloads‚ social networking

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    University of Phoenix 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 |Major developments in the evolution of mass media during the 20th century were the | |evolution of mass media during the 20th |beginnings of newspapers‚ radios‚ television broadcasting

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    University of Phoenix 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 |The 20th Century was truly a revolutionary period of time for the development and | |evolution of mass media during the 20th |evolution of mass media. The 20th Century introduced advances

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