EVOLUTION OF MASS MEDIA
EVOLUTION OF MASS MEDIA 1: LANGUAGE 2: WRITING 3: PRINTING 4:TELEGRAPH 5:TELEPHONE 6: PHOTOGRAPHY 7:FILM 8:RADIO 9:TELEVISION 10:INTERNET FUNCTIONS AND DYSFUNCTIONS OF MASS MEDIA 1: SURVEILLANCE The first function of mass communication is to serve as the eyes and ears for those seeking information about the world. The internet, televisions, and newspapers are the main sources for finding out what’s going around you. Society relies on mass communication for news and information about our daily lives, it reports the weather, current issues, the latest celebrity gossip and even start times for games. Do you remember the Boston Marathon Bombing that happened in 2013? How did you hear about it? Thanks to the internet and smart phones instant access to information is at the users fingertips. News apps have made mass communication surveillance instantly accessible by sending notifications to smartphones with the latest news. or of th...