The role of Mass Media in our life

1.      What kinds of mass media do you know?

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.

2.      Which was the first mass media invented by people?

The history of mass media can be traced back to the days when dramas were performed in various ancient cultures. This was the first time when a form of media was "broadcast" to a wider audience. The first dated printed book known is the "Diamond Sutra", printed in China in 868 AD, although it is clear that books were printed earlier. Movable clay type was invented in 1041 in China. However, due to the slow spread of literacy to the masses in China, and the relatively high cost of paper there, the earliest printed mass-medium was probably European popular prints from about 1400.

3.      How did television enrich mass media?

TV used to be one of the most informative mass media, but it wasn't the most general, because in villages the poor people weren't able to buy TV, so they had bought newspapers. Now TV also doesn't play any role, because we have internet and internet is more reactive than TV. But ten years ago, when the Internet wasn't very developed, our grandparents had bought newspapers, because those ones are cheap and suitable. Even I remember that when I was a child, my father also had been buying broadsheets called "Irates de facto".

4.      What kind of newspapers are there?

There are two types of newspapers: broadsheets and tabloids. In broadsheets we can read articles about politics, about serious things. But tabloids are full of garbage, because the tabloids are full of "scandals" or articles like this.

5.      What about the Internet? How did the Internet change the world of mass media?

The Internet was just revolutionary invention. Now we can't imagine our life without Internet, social networks etc. The Internet plays very important role in our life; we can read news about all over the world by Internet. As I said, my father used to buy broadsheets, but now he reads the same articles in the Internet. 

6.      Is blogging a kind of mass media?

Sometimes blogging can be a kind of mass media, because there are also informative blogs like news websites. But I think that we mustn't believe in everything which is written in the Internet, in the blogs, because sometimes the authors of those articles aren't professional journalists.

7.      What kind of mass media do you prefer to use most often?​

I use Internet, because it's cheap, suitable and easy to use. I have a tablet, which is very light, small and comfortable. My tablet is always with me, and it means that I always can be informed.