SOC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Media Create, Ageism
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The term mass media refers to the channels of communication that are available to wide segments of the population. This includes print, film, and electronic media (radio and television), as well as the. The mass media has extraordinary power to shape culture, including what people believe and the information available to them. Mass media is organized via powerful economic interests. It is owned by a small number of companies that form huge media monopolies. This means that few very powerful groups, media conglomerates, are the major producers and distributors of culture. Television is a powerful transmitter of culture, but it also portrays a very homogenous view of culture. Own most of the newspapers, magazines, books, radio and tv stations, and movie studios of the. Is it the case that too often what we see on tv, in movies, and on the internet that talks about our society has. No listening to both sides of an issue, and;
