Lack of local or specific topical focus is a common criticism of mass
media. A mass news media outlet is often forced to cover national and
international news due to it having to cater for and be relevant for a
wide demographic. As such, it has to skip over many interesting or
important local stories because they simply do not interest the large
majority of their viewers. An example given by the website WiseGeek is
that "the residents of a community might view their fight against
development as critical, but the story would only attract the attention
of the mass media if the fight became controversial or if precedents of
some form were set".[8]
The term "mass" suggests that the recipients
of media products constitute a vast sea of passive, undifferentiated
individuals. This is an image associated with some earlier critiques of
"mass culture" and mass society which generally assumed that the
development of mass communication has had a largely negative impact on
modern social life, creating a kind of bland and homogeneous culture
which entertains individuals without challenging them.[7] However,
interactive digital media have also been seen to challenge the read-only
paradigm of earlier broadcast media.[7]
Whilst some[who?] refer to
the mass media as "opiate of the masses", others[who?] argue that is a
vital aspect of human societies. By understanding mass media, one is
then able to analyse and find a deeper understanding of one's population
and culture. This valuable and powerful ability is one reason why the
field of media studies is popular. As WiseGeek says, "watching, reading,
and interacting with a nation's mass media can provide clues into how
people think, especially if a diverse assortment of mass media sources
are perused".[8]
Since the 1950s, in the countries that have reached a
high level of industrialization, the mass media of cinema, radio and TV
have a key role in political power.[25]
Contemporary research
demonstrates an increasing level of concentration of media ownership,
with many media industries already highly concentrated and dominated by a
very small number of firms.
In 2002, Arnold Kling wrote that
"the newspaper business is going to die within the next twenty years.
Newspaper publishing will continue, but only as a philanthropic
venture." Jim Pinkerton said in 2006 of the future of mass media, "Every
country with ambitions on the international stage will soon have its
own state-supported media."
Leo Laporte, founder of the TWiT
network of podcasts, says that "there will always be a need for
storytellers, people who dig up facts and explain them".
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_media
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Wednesday, December 25, 2013
The Cosmic Watergate: In Pursuit of Flying Saucers w/ Stanton T. Friedman
Russell Scott interviews the world's leading expert on UFO's Stanton T. Friedman.
Stanton T. Friedman received BS and MS degrees in Physics from University of Chicago in 1955 and 1956, where Carl Sagan was a classmate. He worked for fourteen years as a nuclear physicist for such companies as General Electric, General Motors, Westinghouse, TRW, Aerojet General Nucleonics, and McDonnell Douglas on such advanced, highly classified, eventually canceled projects as nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets, and nuclear power plants for space.
In this interview:
Project Blue Book
Where do UFO sightings occur?
Nuclear jet propulsion vs. time warps
The Roswell incident
Stanton Friedman's open challenge to Neil deGrasse Tyson
Stanton T. Friedman received BS and MS degrees in Physics from University of Chicago in 1955 and 1956, where Carl Sagan was a classmate. He worked for fourteen years as a nuclear physicist for such companies as General Electric, General Motors, Westinghouse, TRW, Aerojet General Nucleonics, and McDonnell Douglas on such advanced, highly classified, eventually canceled projects as nuclear aircraft, fission and fusion rockets, and nuclear power plants for space.
In this interview:
Project Blue Book
Where do UFO sightings occur?
Nuclear jet propulsion vs. time warps
The Roswell incident
Stanton Friedman's open challenge to Neil deGrasse Tyson
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