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    Introduction Communication is defined as action to communicate, to convey, to share information, or knowledge to someone either by written or spoken. Communication in Latin have several words as communicare which means to share, communis in which also mean to make common and communication that means to be in relation with others. There are eight components of communication process as Source, Message, Channel, Receiver, Feedback, Environment, Context, Interference in which context is defined

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    Modern life has become accustomed to the use and influence of mass communication. The telegraph, gramophone, radio transmission, and moving images such as television are some of the earliest forms of mass communication that became entangled with various capitalist government regulations and an interpersonal mass audience. In the 1980’s a second media revolution began to emerge with the technological advancements of “digital convergence” which is the ability to access a range of multimedia content

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    1. Define mass communication. According to the textbook, mass communication is “communication to a large group or groups of people that remain largely unknown to the sender of the message.” To go into more details, we communicate every single day, but normally to just one or two people that we happen to know. When it comes to mass communication, we could be speaking to the world or the public about an issue that we would like to address. For instance, when we go on social media, or watch the

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    Mass Media Communication

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    Definition Mass media is a media intended for a large audience. It may take the form of broadcast media, as in the case of television and radio, or print media, like newspapers and magazines. Internet media can also attain mass media status, and many media outlets maintain a web presence to take advantage of the ready availability of Internet in many regions of the world. Some people also refer to it as the “mainstream media,” referencing the fact that it tends to stick to prominent stories which

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    convergence: From mass to networked communication Literature Review Media convergence refers to the services and activities emerged through the development of the Internet, where it has allowed for interlink between communication networks and media contents (ALRC, 2015). The establishment of ‘Internet’ has drastically changed the overall communication model in the society in the past 15 years. Where today the communication model has shifted from a mass communication into a networked communication model (Cardoso

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    Media is mass communication regarded collectively, whether it is from broadcasting, publishing, or the Internet. Society, in general, uses these types of media  to shape beliefs that benefit them. Whether it is from coverage of the NFL protests, Muslim stereotypes or small national news, they all come up with different perspectives that enforce different ideas. The first amendment of the constitution states freedom of speech, which not only is the most violated but is also very contradicting. We

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    According to FIREHOUSE (2003), communication comes in many forms such as; body language, written word, oral communication, and touch are all examples that we use every day to get our messages across. How we use these techniques, and how others view their meaning, can greatly influence our workplace relationships with others. Perhaps the most important form of communication is that which establishes our credibility and trust with others, interpersonal communication. According to Hartley (2002), he

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    I, Md.Riaj Uddin Raihan, hailed from a family that consists of my parents and two siblings. I have completed my under graduation program in Media and mass communication, major in advertising from American International University Bangladesh (AIUB) with a CGPA of 3.44 out of 4 in February 2016 .I have passed my S.S.C and H.S.C examination with GPA of 4.63 and 5.00 (out of 5) both from business studies in the

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    Mass Communication Theory

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    Introduction Mass society theory is an idea that media has strong influence towards people, it plays a role of shaping people’s mind and perception of the social world and it is also to manipulate people’s action with delicate, subtle and effective ways (Baran and Davis 2006, p.43). Mass society theory has first introduced in the nineteenth century when there are disruptive consequences caused by modernization (Baran and Davis 2006, p.52). At that time, mass media considered as a cause of

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    world, there is generally a quick understanding to the fact that there is a wide range of theories under which mass communication can be examined. As learned, sometimes these theories complement each other...other times, they oppose each other. In the textbook, McQuail's Mass Communication Theory, there are five general theories listed that are effective for the research of mass communication theory and are “described as: social scientific, cultural, normative, operative and everyday theory,” (McQuail

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