University of Phoenix Material
Effects of Mass Media Worksheet
Write brief 250-to 300-word answers to each of the following:
|Questions |Answers |
|What were the major developments in the | At the turn of the 20th century, there were several different developments in the |
|evolution of mass media during the 20th |evolution of mass media. Which were cell phones, color printers, televisions, and the |
|century? |internet. The turn of the 20th century also allowed for duplication of others materials. |
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| |The internet allowed people from one side of the world to communicate with someone who may|
| |live on the other side of the world. Now days the amount of people using the internet to |
| |connect with other people or even to do some publishing is incredible. |
|How did each development Influence |During the 20th century, television came along ways; you could now hear and watch |
|American culture? |television. People were happy about a machine that allowed you to be able to see and hear |
| |the program at the same time. Every day more and more people where tuning in to this new |
| |way of technology and loved every bit of it. However it caused people to stop spending |
| |less and less time communicating with each other. The people around them seem to become |
| |less important, the more time the spent watch the TV. Just like the television the |
| |internet seemed to take people’s attention, and cause them to stop having face to face |
| |communications. While you can still have conversation with friends and family while on the|
| |net, it is not as personal has it should be. This has caused a lot of people now days to |
| |kind of withdrawal from society all together. The cell phone has taken the place of most |
| |people’s home phones. In today’s world the cell phone as cause a lot of issues. They have |
| |caused people to die from talking and driving. With all of this technology that the 20th |
| |century brought about, you have no privcy anymore. Not only that it has caused a lot of |
| |hardship to some people, because it is much easier now to get people’s personal |
| |information and use it. |
Written Assignment Grading Form for Effects of Mass Media Worksheet, Due in Week One
|Content and Development |Points Earned |
|45 Points |40/45 |
| |Additional Comments: |
|All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way. | Be sure to meet the length...