Development Of Mass Media

The internet is our modern source for news media; the importance of the newspaper has not only declined, it is in a sense, obsolete. We now turn to the internet for opinions, news, and entertainment. Even though the way in which we consume information (PBS) has changed, the importance of an unrestricted and watchful media has not changed. (Magleby, Light, & Nemacheck, 2010)

In today’s society, remaining connected and knowledgeable of current events and the newest trends is vital to staying ahead in business, education, and social standing. This information is supplied to everyone through the internet, newspapers, television, and radio. One can tune into stations such as CNN, NBC, Fox News, Al-Jazeera, and many others (“SQs of Media Outlets”). In order to meet the needs of viewers, readers, and listeners, the ideal media system would contain accurate, quick information, with a purely impartial view on the facts as they are known. However, this modern media system has not maintained an objective view, pushing opinionated and slanted reporting onto the population in order to create profit and gain customers. The exploitation of information media for personal gain has created a toxic and inaccurate present, constant in today’s society.

The authors Barbara K. Kaye and Thomas J. Johnson discuss media effect on individuals as they receive news. Their main claim is that the media has an incredible influence on how the public gets their information. Two of their subclaims are useful in the discussion of my research paper. One subclaim states that “liberals increasingly use sources that they perceive as progressive, while conservatives rely on those they think support the right side of the aisle, and both groups avoid media they think represents the opposite side.”. Another subclaim talks about how there are four types of media bias: gatekeeper bias, coverage bias, statement bias, and perceptual bias. These work together to highlight the influence media has on the public. It also mentions the ways in which people receive their media and the natural trends

The world has become a much smaller place thanks in part to the creation of the internet. Now, we are able to communicate and interact with larger and more diverse groups of people than we were able to in the past. We are no longer confined to the physical space which we occupy, but we are free to become members of a global community. Thus, we are exposed to various people, cultures, identities, and conceptions of the human that we were ignorant to previously. At the same time, the internet also drastically revolutionized our relationship with the media. As discussed by Henry Jenkins in his book Covergence Culture: Where New and Old Media Collide, the relationship can no longer be accurately described as one between “media producers” and “media

The book “Creation of the Media, by Paul Starr,” informs us of the events throughout the history of Journalism. Starr lays out his beliefs as to how the media has become what it is now, from the creation of early newspaper all the way to broadcasting. Starr emphasizes the impact that the post office has had on journalistic outlets over the years, and how it has changed America’s culture. I agree with Starr in the respect that the evolution of the post office has helped mold the communication values of American’s commutation culture throughout the years.

In less than two decades, social media has revolutionized modern communication and information sharing. What began as a simple form of social networking has turned into innumerable platforms for people around the globe to share ideas, create and share businesses, promote brands, read news from various sources, as well as share and find vast amounts of information, among many other uses. Thus, with a few clicks of a button, people are now able to interact with someone on the other side of the world. The capabilities created through social media’s many uses have forever changed global politics, business, and interpersonal communication.

The emergence of new media and the rise of different forms of media outlets have greatly changed global media, providing audiences with multiple novel options for news consumption. This extremely high choice environment undoubtedly has some major implications with respect to politically charged news. Before the advent of radio, cable news channels, and most recently, the Internet, local newspapers and evening news broadcasts served as the primary outlets for political news. Moreover, the dynamics of how audiences consume -and now, even produce- media are changing, in addition to the ways in which media industries define their audiences. New media technologies at the heart of all of these changes such as print, broadcast television, cable news and even the internet give audiences increased control and increased choice over when, where, and how they consume mass media that is slowly transforming the relationship between audiences and the media. Concurrently, new technologies for measuring and monitoring audience behavior are revealing aspects of how and why audiences consume different forms of media that previously were unknown. As a result, there is a commonality to the news people consume regardless of their geographic location, issue positions, or ideological stance.

Over the last century we have seen many new developments in mass media. Through print, electronics, and digital communication these changes have been a huge impact and influence on American culture. The way we communicate has changed so much that many traditional leaders have lost partial control over how information is being distributed. As time goes by and we continue to advance through technology, we will continue to see an overlap in how technology affects each era.

In my 20 years of living I can say that the things that I am used to seeing my parents’ generation where not use to seeing. The reason for this is because of the time deafferents, many things have change over all or have progressed. Somethings that have changed rapidly over time is mass media, mass media has progressed fast over the years. Coming out with new technology and changing the way people work and view this world. In my parents’ generation the only media there was, was newspapers, and interactions with other people. Now and days, media is seen all over and in many different was. Newspapers, internet, cell phones (smart phones), radio, television, and much more. This is what brings me to my topic that I will be talking about and that is the major development in the evolution of mass media in the last century.

The world around us is always changing, they may be subtle changes at first and gradually changing over time. If you think about when you were younger or even before; when your parents were, you’ll remember how the first televisions was this big box that showed moving pictures in black and white. In this time of age, you will see how drastically a television is from the first one. We now have flat screen televisions with color! Of course, this does not happen overnight. Television has a lot of influence on a person, it starts from when we are young. When newer forms of technology began to modify the older versions like the arrival of the internet the media professionals called it convergence. (Campbell, Martin, & Fabos, 2016, )There are a few phases in which all the changes happened. The first two era have to do with oral and written communication. Which of course is still in play today.

Many teenagers and young adults, especially women, suffer from a negative body image or an eating disorder due to the deception of mass media. Unrealistic beauty and body standards can be the cause of low self-esteem, which in return can cause many harmful diseases/eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating, and obesity. Most of these medical problems occur in high schools and modeling agencies. Young females and males use social media to compare their life and body to the images they see online, many of which are filtered and edited, causing their followers to only see what they want them to see. Mass media has become an issue ever since smartphones and the internet have become more easily accessible. It is important because, so many health issues are occurring do to the mass media. Educating younger generations about the deception social media provides is important because we can raise awareness of the issues social media is causing.

The media and I have a history of disagreeing. I have referred to them with many derogatory names, of which they deserve, and continue to see their faults in 2017 (Truman, 1951). I am particularly interested in how Breitbart and CNN use their influence on the public to further the partisan divide. Politics seem based more on who the public does not like, rather than who they are in favor of. Profound changes in the relationship between news media and policy makers have emerged as byproducts of new, faster communications technology.

Throughout history there has always been a need to communicate efficiently and quickly. The need to get our point across to a huge amount of people became very hard so we had to find better ways of doing so. Media outlets have changed so much over the past decade it’s amazing and shocking how differently we are able to communicate now then we were in 1917 or even the 1980’s.

The fear of crime is one of the most lasting outcomes of a crime-ridden society. Crime, deviance, delinquency and other social problems have always been a staple of newspaper accounts, television news shows and crime dramas. The majority of the population relies on the news media as the main source of information and the basis on which they form their opinions and voting decisions. Knowledge of these events is secondhand, filtered through the media graphically and textually, thus appearing immediate, shocking, entertaining and informative. In today's society the media has become our firsthand experience for our source of information, opinion, and news about the world. While there is some debate as to how much influence the media actually has, there is some evidence to suggest there is some connection. The controversial topic between mass media and the fear of crime can be explained by the influential aspects of the media, moral panics of crime and the fear of victimization.

The creation of the Internet brought many changes to the human experience. People today use the web for a variety of different things making the Internet a useful medium in creating and promoting trends. The rise of digital media has brought a new means of information dissemination and now provides society with resources such as news portals and social media platforms. Social media or “Web 2.0” is a term to describe websites that allow social interaction with the added functions of sharing and the creation of their own content. Web 2.0 sites like YouTube, Twitter and Facebook have impacted the lives of millions of users worldwide and are now embedded into popular culture. The emergence of Web 2.0 and