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The Effects Of Mass Media On American Culture

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Effects of Mass Media Introduction
Why is mass media influencing the American culture? This is what we are going to be discussing in this essay. It’s important that we understand where the media has come from and where it is now and the journey that it is taking the American culture in the last century. America has now explored what un-traditional media and it has a major impact on the culture called new media.
What were the major developments in the evolution of mass media during the last century?
There has been a major evolution in the mass media in the last century; we have print media, and broadcast media. In recent years, there has been a lot of changes in the media that has more of an impact on informing people of what is going on in the news or/and just the trending topics that is getting people talking. Social media have been taking the spotlight when it comes to the media there are many different reasons why such as; Cost “Here are almost no barriers to entry in creating or distributing social media content. Or put another way, beyond your time and production costs, it’s almost free” (Mainwaring, 2010), Targeting audience has become even easier especially with hashtags that target buyers and/or readers. Social media has better ways of reaching their audience, they are in the know about what is hot and what is not faster than ever before which allows the producer to change up there topic/items to move with the current pace of the consumer. People are

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