How Mass Media Is Important

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How mass media is important

Mass media is communication whether written, broadcast, or spoken that reaches a large audience this
includes television, radio, advertising, movies, the internet, newspaper, magazines, and so forth. Mass
media is a significant force in modern culture. Sociologist refer to this as a mediated culture where media
reflects and creates the culture.

Communities and individuals are bombarded constantly with messages from a multitude of sources
including TV, billboards, and magazines. The mass media educates people by giving information about
food, health, housing, sanitation, employment, science, technology, modernization. Radio is very useful
source of information and education both in urban and rural areas in developing countries. The print
media predominant source of education. Ex: Newspaper, Journals.

Mass media also entertains people. Films, television, radio are increasingly subjected to
commercialization via entertainment, television is nation’s number one entertainment medium, but film
& radio are not far behind mass media is a diversified collection of media technologies that reach a large
audience via mass communication.

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