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For a large part of the 20th century, televisions and radios where stationary devices. More recently, devices such as, laptops, pads, and smartness allow people to view magazine articles, radio programs, songs, TV shows, and movies, from almost any location they want. On the Internet, multiple images, texts, and sounds are digitally reproduced and transmitted globally. These devices are constantly being update to provide consumers with the newest technologies possible. The Internet and social media, such as Faceable and e-mail are other large developments in the evolution of mass media.
In fact, Faceable alone has more than 500 million users worldwide. Social media allows people from all over he world to connect through ongoing online conversations, share stories and interests, and to produce their own media content. This also gives people the choice to upload photos and homemade videos, and share them with others around the world. The media convergence has allowed media marketers to consolidate multiple media services such as, cable connections, phone services, television transmissions, and Internet access, under one corporate umbrella.
For example, when a company owns more than on media outlet they can have a reporter or producer to create multiple different versions of the same story for multiple media outlets. This helps impasses to manage resources and maximize profits. I How did each development influence American culture? I The rapid development of cable television and the Internet have caused traditional leaders in communication to lose some of their control over information.
For example, BBC, CBS, and NBC lost some of their audience to other networks, like MET, CNN, MASC., Fox News, Comedy Central, and radio talk shows. Internet Floggers have become a large factor in the news as well because blobbing allows anyone to speak their mind at any time. The Internet and social media are changing the ways in which we absorb and interact with the media culture. Sending letters through the mail has, to some, become a thing of the past, as e-mail has become the quickest way to send communication to one person or a group of people in a matter of seconds.
In addition, several repressive and totalitarian regimes have had difficulties with controlling messages sent through the borderless Internet. Along with these types of developments, we have also seen differences in the types of content that is put on news shows, television shows, video games, radio shows, and the Internet. From personal problems to dangerous stunts, this type of content has consumers worried about the overwhelming amount of information now available.