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    Mass media in

    the USA
    FEATURES OF MASS MEDIA
    Mass media can be defined as channels of
    communication with the help of which
    information is delivered to the audience.

    • they must be periodic.


    • they are always aimed at a large audience.
    • there must be a speaker or any other source of
    information.
    NEWSPAPERS
    The power of press in the USA is enormous. The U.S.
    Constitution guarantees freedom of press and the
    press media act as a check on governmental action.
    1. Wall Street Journal
    2. USA Today
    3. New York Times
    4. Los Angeles Times
    5. Washington Post
    6. Daily News
    7. New York Post
    Magazines
    • Nowadays there are over 11,000 magazines and periodicals in the
    United States. They cover all topics and interests. Quite a few have international editions,
    e.g. National Geographic, Reader's Digest, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Time, etc. The best
    known weekly newsmagazines are Time, Newsweek. They serve as a type of national
    press.

    1. AARP (the American Association of Retired Persons)


    2. The Costco Connection
    3. Game Informer
    4. Better Homes & Gardens
    5. Reader’s Digest
    6. Good Housekeeping
    7. National Geographic
    8. Family Circle
    9. People
    10.Woman’s Day
    RADIO
    There are around 10,000 commercial radio stations. In
    cities, there are services to satisfy almost every taste.

    WNYC (W New York City) has the largest audience in


    the United States. It is about one million listeners each
    week. It focuses mostly on news and cultural programs.
    VOA (Voice of America) provides programming for
    broadcast on radio, TV and the internet outside of the
    U.S., in 43 languages. It has the audience of 123
    million people each week.
    TELEVISION

    • ABC, CBS and NBC led the pack for decades until the mass take-up of
    cable and satellite and the arrival of the Fox network. Fox News
    Channel is the dominant US cable news network.
    • But viewing habits are changing and the proportion of consumed
    content accounted for by live broadcast TV is falling. The US leads the
    world in the adoption of over-the-top (OTT) video-on-demand,
    delivered by broadband internet.
    INTERNET
    Internet is a very popular source of information. 80% of
    Americans use the Internet, which ranks the U.S. 28th out of
    211 countries in the world.
    1. Yahoo! News
    2. Huffington Post
    3. CNN(Cable News Network)
    4. Google News
    5. New York Times
    6. Fox News
    7. NBC News
    8. The Guardian
    9. USA Today
    10. Washington Post
    HOW MASS MEDIA INFLUENCE SOCIETY

    The mass media have become an inseparable part of


    society and the lives of citizens and that’s why it is
    necessary to understand the mass media influence on
    people. From economy to entertainment and from politics
    to beauty, everything is now influenced by mass media.

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