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Does the media have an effect on the way people think and act, in reference to the issues of violence?
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Does the media have an effect on the way people think and act, in reference to the issues of violence? Media is the 'communication industry and technology' [p188, J, Hull: (1995), 'Media, Communication, Culture, Lull James.'] that includes newspapers, magazines, radio, television and film. Because of the media's ability to communicate in many different forms and communicate to great length's, it has been given the term 'mass media'. This definition given by J, Hull suggests that as technology develops, the more chance the media will get to put across messages internationally. ' The term mass refers to the ability of the communication technologies to send messages over broad expanses of space and time in order to reach many people.' [p188, J, Hull: (1995), 'Media, Communication, Culture, Lull James.'] Each mass medium serves a variety of functions and is used by individuals, groups and whole society to perform specific functions. The discussion...
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