JOUR 1210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Nazi Propaganda, Mass Society, Functional Analysis
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History of media effects research: media consumers that the media have a large obvious and generally negative effects on people. Look to blame the media for complex social problems. Rise of mass society: before the 19th century post americans and europeans lived in rural communities that were likely to have a similar ethnic, racial, and religious background. Industrialization created a need for media to connect people like newspapers, magazines, and novels. Voter studies and the limited effects model: many critics worried that the media might be responsible for powerful direct effects on the public, discredited. Society is coming to be dominated by the cultural industry emerged: crimes stories that deal with wealthy attractive white women get more coverage than crime stories of women of color. Effects of the media in our lives: media effects our lives in in many ways.
