What Effect Does The Media Have on Important Events in The World?

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What Effect Does The Media Have on Important
Events in The World?

• By Riley Whitson

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Definition

• Mass media is a term used to denote a section of
  the media specifically designed to reach a very
  large audience such as the population of a
  nation.

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Positive Aspects

• Immediate News.
• World-Wide Communication Capabilities.
• Great Forms of Entertainment.

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Forms of Media
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The Spin
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Media Circus

• Definition Media circus describes a news event
  where the media coverage is perceived to be out
  of proportion to the event being covered.

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Which Countries the Media Focuses On
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The Answer?

• There really is no way for people to stop
  reporting useless news. The only way to affect
  the mass media is to stop listening to every bit
  of news you hear and look into things yourself.

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