MASS MEDIA IN PRESENT AGE
Books
Newspapers
Magazines
Radio
Film
Television
Internet
All organs are surviving, no one wiped out, everyone has a role
and its own audience/readers/users.
Common man is getting an overall impact of all of these.
Books – still a charm
Fiction
Science
Poetry
Children / women
Travelogue
Albums / stamp
collections
Text books
Politics
Economics
Medicine
History
Dictionaries
E-books
In descending order of number of new titles per year, as of
1996.
1. United Kingdom (1996) 107,263, (2005) 206,000
2. China (1994) 100,951 (close second)
3. United States (1996) 68,175, (2005) 172,000
4. Germany (1996) 71,515
5. Japan (1996) 56,221
6. Spain (1996) 46,330
7. Russian Federation (1996) 36,237
8. Italy (1996) 35,236
9. France (1995) 34,766
10. Netherlands (1993) 34,067
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Magazine
Types of magazines:
o journals
o Architecture magazines
o Art magazines
o Business magazines
o Car magazines
o Children's magazines
o Computer magazines
o Health and fitness
magazines
o History magazines
o Home and furniture
magazines
o Humor magazines
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o Inspirational magazines
o Literacy
o Literary magazines
o Luxury magazines
o Men's magazines
o Music magazines
o News magazines
o Online magazines
o Pet magazines
o Politics magazines
o Pornographic magazines
o Pulp magazines
o Railroad magazines
o Regional magazines
o Religion magazines
o Satirical magazines
o Sport magazines
o Science magazines and
scientific journals
o Teen magazines
o Wildlife magazines
o Women's magazines
Radio
More demographic, specific, weather, trains, flights services
more, entertaining, talk style more
attractive, interactive – telephone calls, free on mobile
phones, FM popular on the increase, also on internet.
TV
Flat screen, LDCs, Plazma,digital, IPT, channels increasing.
People get a media mix, influenced by
every category according to age, education etc. All mass com
organs intact only fluctuation none died.
Mass media – overall impact on people
Having an over all impact on politics, democracy, people’s
rights, economics, culture, globalization,
conflict resolving, bringing people closer. |
