Communication is still relevant in the modern world as well as considering the possibility that the Era of Mass Communication has ended completely. According to Thomas E. Ruggiero, the uses and gratifications are evolving to approach towards the new mass communication form, from the early years of newspaper, radio and television, and now the Internet (Ruggiero, 2000). These technologies are used to reach large audiences for media purposes. Internet and social networking has become more dominant form
comfort zone. The TV platforms, therefore, adapt to the changing of the modern demographic by offering exclusive services and channels that fit the diversity of categories. TV entertainment becomes a part of personal life, in which designated by the specific streaming services, defined as the modern comfort zone and valued by the new vehicle of social gathering. The breakthrough of TV program limitations introduces the new era of exclusive services and personal entertaining channels. Instead of being
modernization of America, but I would argue that the first truly modern period in American history would have to be the 1920s. The 1920s brought a capitalistic population who, as a nation, leaned toward isolationism. In two main fields, the 1920s modernized American society to reflect the America of the 21st century more than any era before it. These fields are media and business. Along with a new decade came a new attitude from the media. By 1922 there were 22 magazines in circulation and by the
Media and Mass Communications development on a Healthy Mature Culture This argumentative essay is specially made to discuss the possibility for media and mass communication to nurture the development of a healthy, mature culture. Overall, the process of media and mass communication media development has already caused changes in the public sphere. The digitalization of media dramatically increases the chances of the people to get an access to the information, which is transferred
Social media’s prevalent influence on modern consumerism has benefited the producer, whether large conglomerates or small businesses, and has provided better consumer protection for the global market. Political, Economic, and Social Power in Communication Prior to analyzing the role social media has on an increasingly more global consumer culture, it is important to study and recognize the causes for the United States’ growing prosperity and the underlying trends that begin to emerge. The United
Gutenberg’s Printing Press as a Turning point in Modern Society A turning point entails the landmark moments and forces of change that make up modern history (Liulevicius, 2014). The most important turning point happened way back in 1400. They have helped the human race in their struggle for civilization. These turning points have become a reckoning force in areas that affect people across all parts of the globe. These areas include scientific development, social change, the ever growing wave of technology
problems faced in one of the most important institutions in human society, which is that of the marriage institution. Since the institution of equal rights and privileges for men and women in modern society, there has arisen the problem of divorces on a huge scale, which was not significant a problem before the modern era. One of the views expressed in some aspects of society is that the breakdown of the family institution is because of the lack of good men who would hold down a family and ensure that it
disenchantment with the whirlwind pace of the post war jazz age. A decade later many art movements attached to unrest with modern American ideals. Pop arts forefather, Richard Hamilton, capitalized on this idea through his artwork as seen in Hamilton’s most enduring piece, Just what is it that makes today’s homes so different, so appealing? (1956). Both Hamilton and Fitzgerald mock the modern idea of the American Dream, the prosperity of oneself and the ability to flaunt it by material acquisitions. It even
wherein states are indulged in an arm race to acquire modern sophisticated military capabilities. On the other, commercialization of such capabilities has made them easily available to adversaries and criminal organizations. The concept of state security now hinges upon the acquisition of modern weapons to maintain deterrence and balance of power. Alongside physical military capabilities, the information revolution has changed the dimensions of modern warfare. ICTs application in communication, weapons
Aristotelian mimesis dictates that the “art” produced by our culture and society is an imitation of our reality. If so, then our contemporary entertainment era overstocked in brooding, morally ambiguous anti-heroes bearing five o’clock shadows and “dark and gritty” narratives are a reflection of the flawed and unrelenting modern-day reality that we inhabit. This age of morally gray storytelling is a stark contrast to the idealistic depictions of American society and “traditional family values” found