Introduction
to Mass Communication MCM
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LESSON
43
MASS
MEDIA IN PRESENT AGE
Books
Newspapers
Magazines
Radio
Film
Television
Internet
All
organs are surviving, no one
wiped out, everyone has a
role and its own
audience/readers/users.
Common
man is getting an overall impact of
all of these.
Books
still a charm
Fiction
Science
Poetry
Children
/ women
Travelogue
Albums
/ stamp collections
Text
books
Politics
Economics
Medicine
History
Dictionaries
E-books
In
descending order of number of new titles
per year, as of 1996.
1.
United
Kingdom (1996) 107,263,
(2005) 206,000
2.
China
(1994) 100,951 (close
second)
3.
United
States (1996) 68,175, (2005)
172,000
4.
Germany
(1996) 71,515
5.
Japan
(1996) 56,221
6.
Spain
(1996) 46,330
7.
Russian
Federation (1996) 36,237
8.
Italy
(1996) 35,236
9.
France
(1995) 34,766
10.
Netherlands
(1993) 34,067 [
Magazine
Types
of magazines:
o
Academic
journals
o
Architecture
magazines
o
Art
magazines
o
Business
magazines
o
Car
magazines
o
Children's
magazines
o
Computer
magazines
o
Health
and fitness magazines
o
History
magazines
o
Home
and furniture magazines
o
Humor
magazines
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Inspirational
magazines
o
Literacy
o
Literary
magazines
o
Luxury
magazines
o
Men's
magazines
o
Music
magazines
o
News
magazines
o
Online
magazines
o
Pet
magazines
o
Politics
magazines
o
Pornographic
magazines
o
Pulp
magazines
o
Railroad
magazines
o
Regional
magazines
o
Religion
magazines
o
Satirical
magazines
o
Sport
magazines
o
Science
magazines and scientific journals
o
Teen
magazines
o
Wildlife
magazines
o
Women's
magazines
o
Radio
More
demographic, specific, weather,
trains, flights services
more, entertaining, talk style
more
attractive,
interactive telephone calls, free on
mobile phones, FM popular on the
increase, also on
internet.
TV
Flat
screen, LDCs, Plazma,digital, IPT,
channels increasing. People
get a media mix, influenced
by
every
category according to age,
education etc. All mass
com organs intact only
fluctuation none died.
Mass
media overall impact on
people
Having
an over all impact on politics,
democracy, people's rights, economics,
culture, globalization,
conflict
resolving, bringing people closer.
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