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Mass Media

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Essay title: Mass Media

Mass media is a powerful tool that is used in modern society to report the news as well as make news from no news. What remains true is that bad news is good news. The Media circle has been able to thrive from the discomforts of our surroundings and by doing this they are keeping our society in a constant state of fear. We look for the news not only to be told to us but are also looking to it to tell us what we must do about the situations and disasters. Media has been able to not only report the news but dig up and make news, one form of this is muck racking which became popular during election times in the earl 1900s. Although the news we receive has not change all to much, the way we receive it has continued to evolve as do the times. From word of moth to paper, to radio, to television. By doing this we are offered a more dramatic display of such news.

Over the years news has found a way to inform us in the best ways possible. While this may be true we are also able to interpret it in our own ways. The media has become a strong force in which we look to in order to help keep our society well informed and in touch with each other. It accomplishes this but at the same time we as a society look for the gossip or the bad in people or situations so that we can feel more secure about where we stand in our own lives. To see the hurricane demolish a whole city and state and look at it on the television we can

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