Hum 176 Effects of Mass Media

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Effects of Mass Media Worksheet

Write brief 250-to 300-word answers to each of the following:

|Questions |Answers |

|What were the major developments in the |The twentieth century saw changes in every aspect of media growth. We saw the most |

|evolution of mass media during the 20th |phenomenal growth in the development of mass media outlets in the past 100 years |

|century? |everything from radio, television and magazine production to movie theaters. Music |

| |production and outlets for it changed from 8-track tapes, cassette tapes to compact disks |

| |and devices like iPods. The rise and fall of newspaper moguls, due to newer faster methods|

| |of creating, delivering and receiving news media. Photography had changes going from |

| |tin-type photos made of metal to digital cameras no larger than a thick credit card. Movie|

| |production grew from silent movies to theaters playing 16 movies at a time. Video cassette|

| |recorders brought movies of our choice into our homes to be watched at any time. They gave|

| |way to DVD players and Blue ray. The electronic age also brought major changes in the form|

| |of telephone services from the most basic telephone to cellular devices. The Internet is |

| |also one of the major contributors to the ever-growing and expanding world of mass media |

| |delivery. The methods of mass media distribution have become so...