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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 |During the last century there were major developments in the evolution of mass media. |

|evolution of mass media during the 20th |These developments are the evolution of the print, electronic, and digital eras which now |

|century? |modern day media. These three eras have significantly affected American culture and |

| |economics, while bringing in a new standard of mass communication. Now Information and |

| |ideas can now be spread faster and farther than ever before. With the evolution of the |

| |printing press, production of mass quantities at lower costs became essential in mass |

| |production of other goods. This led to the Industrial Revolution, modern capitalism, and |

| |the consumer culture of the twentieth century. “With the revolution in industry came the |

| |rise of the middle class and an elite business class of owners and managers who acquired |

| |the kind of influence formerly held only by the nobility or the clergy. Print media became|

| |key tools that commercial and political leaders used to distribute information and |

| |maintain social order”. |

|How did each development influence |To understand American popular culture, we need to come to grips...