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    Introduction and Meaning of the Topic (Role of Mass Media in Educating the Rural People) Within a span of fifty years‚ the media technology has been utilized by developed as well as developing countries of the world for the purpose of qualitative improvement of education. The basic freedoms of a democratic society are freedom of speech‚ freedom of the press‚ freedom of assembly and freedom to petition. Besides these freedoms‚ rests of the freedoms are freedom of religious expressions‚ of politics

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    ‘Assess the functionalist view of the family?’ Functionalist looks at society on a macro level. It is a consensus theory and structuralists prefer to use functionalism as it agrees with their ideals and models and they prefer to look at society as a whole. Functionalists are interested in studying what family is most functional. This essay will assess how functionalists view point of the family by exploring Murdock‚ Comte‚ Parsons and Durkheim‚ the founder of functionalism‚ ideas and evaluating

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    The mass media are diversified media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience by mass communication. The technologies through which this communication takes place varies. Broadcast media such as radio‚ recorded music‚ film and television transmit their information electronically. Print media use a physical object such as a newspaper‚ book‚ pamphlet or comics‚[1] to distribute their information. Outdoor media is a form of mass media that comprises billboards‚ signs or placards placed

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    together. This essay will compare and contrast the Functionalist and Marxist views of the role of the family in the social structure. Functionalist theories operate on the basis of consensus; they believe the family plays a vital role in maintaining the social structure as well meeting the needs of various systems in the society. They see it performing beneficial functions both for wider society and for all its individual members. Functionalists assume the family is harmonious and ignore conflict

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    The mass media have a major influence on our lifestyle Over the last 500 years‚ the influence of mass media has grown exponentially with the advance of technology. First there were books‚ then newspapers‚ films‚ radio‚ television‚ Internet‚ and now social media. In my opinion‚ nowadays the mass media play a very important role in our modern life. First of all‚ the mass media affects people’s attitude about fashion. People spend a lot of money and wear the latest collections of clothes‚ because

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    clear answers for common questions What is Mass Media? Ads by Google Category: Business ▼ Mass Media Communication Radio as a Mass Media Television Media Print Media Media Journalism Mass media is media that is intended for a large audience. It may take the form of broadcast media‚ as in the case of television and radio‚ or print media‚ like newspapers and magazines. Internet media can also attain mass media status‚ and many media outlets maintain a web presence to take advantage

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    The Mass Media 1. Functions i. Information Function ii. Surveillance Function iii. The Social Function - Entertainment - Socialisation iv. Commercial Function v. Political function 2. Key types i. Traditional Media - Print (newspapers‚ magazines‚ billboards‚ books) - Electronic Media (radio‚ television‚ film) ii. New Media - web-based and mobile technologies (the Internet‚ social media‚ etc) 3

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    Outline and evaluate functionalist views of the role of the family in society. (33 Marks) Functionalists stress the positive aspect of family. In particular‚ they force on the positive role of one particular family type: the nuclear family. Murdoch (1949) claimed the family was a universal institution. He studied 250 societies and found the family‚ in some form‚ was present in all of them. This suggests that families are necessary in some way‚ whether it be for societies to survive‚ for individual

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    Mass Media ’s negative effect on the younger generation In today ’s society‚ mass media including television‚ radio‚ newspaper‚ and magazines have become very dependable sources for many. People spend multiple hours a day reading about celebrities in the tabloids‚ watching biased news channels‚ or participating in violent video games. Even though most media is highly entertaining‚ people have become so reliant on media that we seem to be harming our community in a very negative fashion. Nowadays

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    ROLE OF THE MASS MEDIA IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD The power of the mass media has once become so powerful that its undoubtedly significant role in the world today stays beyond any questions. It is so strong that even politics uses it as a means of governing in any country around the world. The mass media has not only political meaning but also it conveys wide knowledge concerning all possible aspects of human beings’ lives and‚ what is utterly true‚ influences on people’s points of view and their

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