Mass Media

Mass Media refers to means of communication that reaches a large number of people.

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It is a means of communication to a large number of people.
Mass media helps to distribute information to a large number of audience. Mass media may lack local or specific focus.
Information is generally distributed on one to many basis.
Mass media helps to create specialization in content distribution. A large number of mass media audience may act as passive recepients.

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Pope Francis: "The media only writes about the sinners and the scandals, he said, but that's normal, because 'a tree that falls makes more noise than a forest that grows.", Surprise Q&A with journalists flying back from Brazil, July 29, 2013, [URL]

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