Part one of term paper
The concept of mass media is a simple one. ‘It’s purpose is to circulate information and news throughout the general populace’(Strate 1). In the previous years of human communication this proved to be a wearing and difficult task. The means for transporting news was undeveloped and extremely tedious. However things changed with a serie ...

Part two of term paper
... and then in 1895 Gugllielmo Marconi invented the wireless telegraph, which eventually made transatlantic communications possible’(Strate 1). It was not long until technology had another breakthrough and the radio was invented in 1906. The radio soon replaced the newspaper as the mass media conductor of choice in the North American society. ‘The radio had an enormous impact on society. News from across the country could be received shortly after it occurred. Citizens no longer had to wait for the ...