200661 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Entertainment Law, Mass Media, Sociological Perspectives

• School: UWS
• Department: University of Western Sydney
• Course: 200661
• Professor: anonnymous

Document Summary

Mass media is communication whether written, broadcast, or spoken that reaches a large audience. This includes television, radio, advertising, movies, the internet, newspapers, magazines, and so forth. Mass media is a significant force in modern culture, particularly in. Sociologists refer to this as a mediated culture where media reflects and creates the culture. Communities and individuals are bombarded constantly with messages from a multitude of sources including tv, billboards, and magazines, to name a few. These messages promote not only products, but moods, attitudes, and a sense of what is and is not important. Mass media makes possible the concept of celebrity: without the ability of movies, magazines, and news media to reach across thousands of miles, people could not become famous. In fact, only political and business leaders, as well as the few notorious outlaws, were famous in the past. Only in recent times have actors, singers, and other social elites become celebrities or stars.