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ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PRESS, RADIO AND TELEVISION Mass Communication Mass communication is a process in which professional communicators use media to disseminate messages widely, rapidly and continuously to arouse intended meanings in large and diverse audiences in attempts to influence them in a variety of ways. (DeFleur Dennis, Understanding Mass communication) By exercising the [...]

ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOTION PICTURES & NEW MEDIA The history of motion pictures as a mass medium is short, spanning less than a century. But the events that led to motion pictures go back many centuries. The first steps in this story involved solving a series of complex technical problems. A motion picture, after [...]

MAJOR MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS OF THE WORLD & GLOBALIZATION Newspapers And Magazines Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) The Audit Bureau of Circulations is one of the several organizations of the same name operating in different parts of the world. It audits circulation, readership, and audience information for the magazines, newspapers, and other publications produced by its [...]

GLOBAL MEDIA GIANTS & NEW WORLD INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION ORDER A specter now haunts the world: a global commercial media system dominated by a small number of super powerful, mostly U.S.-based transnational media corporations. It is a system that works to advance the cause of the global market and promote commercial values, while denigrating journalism [...]

MEDIA CONGLOMERATES, MEGA MERGERS, CONCENTRATION OF OWNERSHIP What is Concentration of media ownership? Concentration of media ownership (also known as media consolidation) is a commonly used term among those who are concerned that the majority of the media outlets are owned by a small number of conglomerates and corporations- especially those who view such consolidation [...]

USE OF MEDIA BY POWER BLOCKS, EXPLOITATION OF MEDIA & CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES Use Of Media By Power Blocks OR Exploitation Of Media Censorship is by omission and misuse of language — Award-winning Journalist, John Pilger, Acts of Murder, May 18, 1999 A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is [...]

CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES Arms Smuggling/ Trafficking Fighting the Illicit Trafficking of Small Arms The illicit trafficking in small arms is a trans-national phenomenon. This trade of arms, terrorists and terrorist groups are operating around the world. The line between the legal and illicit trades in small arms is often blurred, fuelled by the lack of [...]

ISSUES OF WOMEN IN DEVELOPED, DEVELOPING AND POOR COUNTRIES, ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES & CONSUMERISM Women’s rights around the world are an important indicator of understanding global well-being. Many may think that women’s rights are only an issue in countries where religion is law, such as many Muslim countries. Or even worse, some may think this is [...]

CONSUMERISM AND THE NEW CAPITALISM & TERRORISM The traditional cultural values of Western society are degenerating under the influences of corporate politics, the commercialization of culture and the impact of mass media. Society is awakening from its fascination with television entertainment to find itself stripped of tradition, controlled by an oppressive power structure and bound [...]

ISLAMO-PHOBIA & POPULATION ISLAMO-PHOBIA – All terrorists are Muslims because they belong to a religion that promotes TERRORISM and EXTREMISM in the name of RELIGION There has been plenty of terrorism and violence committed by human beings from every religious background. According to the European Police Office (Europol) in 2006 “There were 498 incidents in [...]