Mass Media
Mass Media, or
media, according to dictionary, includes the newspaper, television, and radio,
which are used to communicate with the mass of the people. These are generally
controlled and governed by the government of the country. Mass media are the
most effective weapons of the government’s propaganda and circulations.
Sometimes they build awareness among people toward some desired courses of
action through these media. But in the modern age the media have not been used
as only a means of informing people. They have a close connection with
entertainment too. Various cultural and recreational programs preached through
the media are very entertaining to people. Until recently, the mass media were
fully owned and controlled by the government. Recently in many countries except
Bangladesh, they have been privatized. The consequences of this privatization,
however, have not only been good, but bad and harmful too.
