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Introduction to Mass Media
Aiden Yeh, PhDAsst ProfessorWenzao Ursuline College of Languages
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What is Mass Media?
refers to every medium or source which is used to connect and communicate with a large number of people at once.
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Mass Media
Mass media is communication—whether written, broadcast, or spoken—that reaches a large audience. This includes television, radio, advertising, movies, the Internet, newspapers, magazines, and so forth.
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What forms Media?
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Close to 40% of one’s day is taken up by consuming media
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“The mass media are becoming more and more pervasive and significant in terms of our social perceptions and interactions with our surroundings” (Lev, Emi 2006, p. 1).
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Give examples of Mass Media’s significance in peoples’ lives
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Advantages vs Disadvantages Functions of Mass media Social impact / change
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Functions
- Media help to correlate or co-ordinate various parts of the social system by gathering and disseminating valuable information
- Media acts as powerful agents of socialization by transmitting society’s cultural heritage and its basic system of norms and values; media msgs are primarily about reinforcing shared ideals such as justice, individualism, democracy and respect for the law; also provide advice – tele-advising
- Media function as social control agents; by gathering information, the media engage in surveillance of the social environment
- Media provide pleasure and entertainment – tension management process
Source: http://husky1.stmarys.ca/~evanderveen/wvdv/mass_media/theories.htm
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Manifest Functions (intended consequences) - Selling a product - Making a profit - Maintain demand for goods and services e
ssential to the continued growth of the capitalist economy
- Something for everyone - Serve as collective memory of nation, sele
ctively remembering, forgetting and reconstructing the past
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Hidden & Unintended Functions
- How do mass communication support the status quo? - What ideology, values and behaviours are reinforced – reinfor
ces those associated with materialism & consumerism - What groups are coopted and which are excluded – homogen
ized the culture, muting differences between regions and social classes
- How does mass media enhance or inhibit creativity? - How do conditions under which information and entertainment
are produced affect the product - Gatekeeping function or agenda setting – the topics that com
e to the forefront of public attention: media executives decide what to cover, for how long, and in what context, appreciates an active role of the consumer
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Media Ethics
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Image: http://mediamagazine.in/sites/default/files/journalismforSale.jpg
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Pros and Cons of Mass Media
Source: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pros-and-cons-of-mass-media.html
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Cons
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Social Impact of Mass Media
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Media Hype
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Give other examples of media hypes in Taiwan
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Source: http://www.chowrangi.com/pakistani-journalists-on-payroll-of-us-state-department.html
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References
What is Mass Media? http://whatismassmedia.com/ The Role and Influence of Mass Media
http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/The-Role-and-Influence-of-Mass-Media.topicArticleId-26957,articleId-26946.html
Mass media influence on our perceptions, http://artofcyberdribble.blogspot.tw/2012/06/mass-medias-influence-on-our-social.html
The Influence of the media, http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/lesson-plans/media-studies/the-influence-of-the-mass-media/
Media culture in Taiwan, http://asaa.asn.au/ASAA2010/reviewed_papers/Kao-Shi_Chi.pdf Pros and Cons of Mass Media, http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pros-and-cons-of-mass-media.html Theories of Mass Media, http://husky1.stmarys.ca/~evanderveen/wvdv/mass_media/theories.htm Taiwanese distrust media, http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2006/10/26/2003333
435 Editorial: The media has lost the public trust, http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/
2006/10/26/2003333468 TVBS Scandal, http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/eastasia/view/267249/1/.html Media Linsanity Excessive, http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editorials/archives/2012/02/21/2003
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