The Role of Radio in Propagating Culture

The aim of developing mass media is to improve the communication between the sender and the receiver of the message. It has changed in the last century for the better because individuals can send and receive messages in the global context easily. The first development in the last century is the development of radios and newspapers where senders of messages can put their messages so that the targeted audience can access it. (Nerone, 2006). It is important to note that traditionally people used to communicate through the word of mouth using

Culture is an experience, knowledge, values, beliefs, religion, notions of time, spatial relations, attitudes, meanings, concepts of the world, hierarchies, and possessions acquired by a community in the course of generations. Culture is a part of every human being. It does not matter where someone was born or lived. Every single human being is surrounded by culture that effects his or her life. Culture influence our beliefs, expectations, norms and how someone will think and act. Culture also affect every ones mental health in many different ways.

In the lecture, I learned that the radio—wireless telegraph, has such a long story in its development. Not only to entertain people, but the radio was initially used as a tool of land and ship communication by the radio wave. When I compared the radio with modern TV, there are both similarities and differences in their roles. Both of them provide the latest news, weather reports, dramas and other special programs to people. They also share the similar purpose—entertain people. I have listened to the radio broadcasting before but I never used the radio to relax or enjoy my time; therefore it was a valuable experience to listen to the radio shows.

People now need the media news, information for different reasons, on one hand it can be used to socialize and on the other to make reports for the news

Culture has many definitions, but is mostly defined as a set of beliefs, behaviors, customs, and ways of life that are shared and accepted by people in a society, moreover, culture is learned. Culture has an impact on how we communicate, therefore, the way we interact and communicate with others is influenced by our particular culture in which we live.

Radio became a new form of communication and also entertainment. Between the 1920’s and the 1950’s, many radio shows were broadcast, gathering around the radio in the evening became a common form of entertainment. People, who regardless of where they were located and what class they belonged to, could tune in to listen to news, sports broadcasts, comedy shows, new music, live music and also political addresses. Radio was a huge way for people to escape the hardships of their everyday lives. The world was becoming a much smaller place in the minds of many people, as they began to see that we, after all, are connected.

Culture is something that shapes someone’s mindset and beliefs, which in turn affects the way someone views others and the world. Culture is present in society and in our lives day in and day out. Culture affects how we act, the things we say, the way we dress, and how we live our lives. Everyone’s cultural identity is unique to them, and it is usually based off of what they are surrounded by growing up, and how the people that they surround themselves with choose to act.

According to Zimmermann, culture is defined as a set of characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts (Zimmermann, 2017). Each society has a set of behaviors each member should know and understand very well. They might have their own taboos, language, their own way of worship or way of dancing or singing. All these characteristics form a culture of a certain society. Anyone from outside of this society should learn to be acquainted with their culture to be able to communicate to them.

Media has changed more in the last hundred years than it has in thousands of years. Centuries ago, people did not have the opportunity to receive any news from their daily life. The lack of methods to receive information, caused the government to control their citizens’ minds easily. Also the convenient for people to receive the correct information. Nonetheless, since the burst of inventions after the industrial revolution, numerous life changing mechanisms have affected people. More than hundreds of thousands of media have boosted out since World War Ⅱ. Many significant media resources which challenged people's imagination of how fast could a piece of information be spread were invented. With the help of the media, people can easily get the information they want. However, the information we can gather is often more than we can processes.Therefore, it is essential that the individual has equipped the accurate methods of media literacy; otherwise, we will lose the purpose of media, which is providing the information that the authority wouldn’t announce.

Since its inceptions, it is considerable to take note of the changes which have been taking place in the media. For a very long period of time, print media was the main form of media and then radio and televisions became part of what words could not express (Schudson, 2013). The people who were tuning to acquire information from listening

Culture is a way of life of a people. Cultural factors include the belief and meaning, gender and generations, inquiry and learning, recreation and creativity as well as health and well-being (Desjardins & McCall, 2014).

Culture is defined as the total way of life of a people, composed of their learned and shared

The term “culture” refers to the complex accumulation of knowledge, folklore, language, rules, rituals, habits, lifestyles, attitudes, beliefs, and customs that link and provide a general identity to a group of people. Cultures take a long time to develop. There are many things that establish identity give meaning to life, define what one becomes, and how one should behave.

An evaluation of the last half decade shows that media and its influence on communities and society at large has expanded significantly with advancement of technology. It is apparent that in the world today, media has an influential role in the daily life of an individual. From the time that a person wakes up to the time they go to bed, they are surrounded in a world that has been developed by media. Initially there was the telegraph and the post offices, this was followed by radio, television, newspapers, magazines and now the most widely used the internet. It is important to have the basic understanding of the role of media in society at an individual level and from a holistic point of view.

In conclusion, several events have had to take place in order for our several medias to be where they are today. This paper displayed some of the influences broadcasting and print media had on people. Print media has been used to spread information to people since the