Mass media refers to various platforms and technologies that are used to reach a large audience, such as television, radio, newspapers, magazines, and the internet. It plays a significant role in shaping public opinion, spreading information, and influencing society.
mass media- The public communtications of reaching a large audience
Started in the 1920's
Ex: when Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse was first introduced to theaters
Agabi Ayuba From Lafia Nasarawa State a Post Graduate {PG} international institute of Journalism and member of the Nigeria institute of Management (NIM) in Nigeria defined mass media, as A medium or a means of transmitting sounds, and scripts meaningfully and capable of imparting the lives of the public with the view to solving the quest of knowledge interactions in humanity through coded and selected medias such as print, radio, or television.
The mass media are defined as intergritical organizations which use one or more of the above and below mentioned mediums through their available technologies to communicate with large numbers of people ('mass communications'). Dependent upon innovations in the electronics and chemicals industries, the period between 1860 and 1930 was a formative moment for the mass media. These years saw the development and introduction of still Photography, moving photography (cinema), cable telegraphy, wireless telegraphy, the phonograph, the telephone, radio, and television among other communications means selected.
The mass media are diversified media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience by Mass Communication.
Mass Media Inc. was created in 198#.
Mieke Ceulemans has written: 'Mass media' -- subject(s): Women in mass media, Women in the mass media industry
types of mass media are: . radio .television .newspaper.
Gillian Doyle has written: 'Media ownership' -- subject(s): Economic aspects, Economic aspects of Mass media, Mass media, Mass media policy, Ownership
Yvonne Jewkes has written: 'Crime Online' 'Media and crime' -- subject(s): Crime in mass media, Mass media and crime, Mass media and criminal justice
Els Schakenbos has written: 'Migranten en de media' -- subject(s): Audiences, Ethnic mass media, Immigrants, Mass media, Mass media and minorities
Vincenzo Iannuzzi has written: 'I mass media e i loro segreti' -- subject(s): Mass media, Mass media and youth
Peter Humphreys has written: 'Media and media policy in Germany' -- subject(s): History, Mass media policy, Planning, Mass media 'West Germany and the politics of industrial modernisation' 'Media and media policy in West Germany' -- subject(s): History, Mass media policy, Planning, Mass media 'Work Sharing and the Public Sector'
Shira Loewenberg has written: 'Media in conflict prevention and peacebuilding strategies' -- subject(s): Mass media and peace, Mass media and war, Social conflict in mass media
i want to know what is the role of mass media in socialization
Mass media has a great impact on the politics in the Caribbean. Mass media exposes the wrong doings of politicians, as well as their successes and projects.
Mass media is intended to reach the masses within society. The more people mass media reaches, the more impact it has on the audience.