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== Definition ==
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'''Mass media''' denotes a section of the media specifically designed to reach a large audience. The term was coined in the 1920s with the advent of nationwide [[radio]] networks, mass-circulation newspapers and magazines. However, some forms of mass media such as [[book]]s and manuscripts had already been in use for centuries.
  
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'''Mass media''' denotes a section of the [[media]] specifically designed to reach a large audience.
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== Overview ==
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The term was coined in the 1920s with the advent of nationwide [[radio]] networks, mass-circulation [[newspaper]]s and magazines. However, some forms of mass media such as [[book]]s and manuscripts had already been in use for centuries.
   
 
Mass media includes [[Internet]] [[media]] (like [[blog]]s, [[message board]]s, [[podcast]]s, and [[video]]-sharing) because individuals now have a means to exposure that is comparable in scale to that previously restricted to a select group of mass media producers. The [[communication]]s audience has been viewed by some commentators as forming a mass society with special characteristics, notably atomization or lack of social connections, which render it especially susceptible to the influence of modern mass-media techniques such as [[advertising]] and [[propaganda]].
  
Mass media includes [[Internet]] [[media]] (like [[blog]]s, [[message board]]s, [[podcast]]s, and [[video]]-sharing) because individuals now have a means to exposure that is comparable in scale to that previously restricted to a select group of mass media producers. The [[communication]]s audience has been viewed by some commentators as forming a mass society with special characteristics, notably atomization or lack of social connections, which render it especially susceptible to the influence of modern mass-media techniques such as [[advertising]] and [[propaganda]].
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Latest revision as of 22:57, 6 December 2013

Definition[]

Mass media denotes a section of the media specifically designed to reach a large audience.

Overview[]

The term was coined in the 1920s with the advent of nationwide radio networks, mass-circulation newspapers and magazines. However, some forms of mass media such as books and manuscripts had already been in use for centuries.

Mass media includes Internet media (like blogs, message boards, podcasts, and video-sharing) because individuals now have a means to exposure that is comparable in scale to that previously restricted to a select group of mass media producers. The communications audience has been viewed by some commentators as forming a mass society with special characteristics, notably atomization or lack of social connections, which render it especially susceptible to the influence of modern mass-media techniques such as advertising and propaganda.


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