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Mass Media: An Integral Component of Holistic Social Development
Mass Media: An Integral Component of Holistic Social Development

Author(s): Emanuel Dobrin
Subject(s): Media studies
Published by: Scientia Moralitas Research Institute
Keywords: media; information; human personality;
Summary/Abstract: In the contemporary age, mass media—the solitary technical means for the delivery of information to the people—developed not only an exerting mobilizing power, but also impacted the development of human personality. In this day and age, dominated by the mass media, the human being is conditioned by the mass media and has become subject to the continuing pressures of the information propagated by it. In this context, invariably, the human personality is being affected (even redefined), as it develops new positive or negative impulses; depending on the information it is being exposed to.

  • Page Range: 324-332
  • Page Count: 9
  • Publication Year: 2017
  • Language: English