"I can see you on the television!"

Mass Media: How do you understand the term "mass media?" Use examples and draw from key debates to articulate your own position.

Everyone pretty much knows the term "mass media" as the mediums of communication that reach to the mass of people. Mediums like television and radio that can reach to large amounts of people, nationwide or worldwide, fall under the term "mass media." So of course it's plausible to think of these mediums as extremely important inventions (much like the toilet, or electricity), but more importantly, how this invention has invented ways of bringing people from across the globe, together. As technology has improved, people have been able to learn and understand the world around them more. I believe that with the advancement in visual and vocal technology, the world has been given the chance to learn so much, so easily. With the click of a button, a person can see what the weather is like in Alaska, or by turning on the radio, a person can hear the speech of an important dictator.

The way I see it, the mass media is apart of semiotics; it's a signifier that has a signifier. To me it means knowledge, to someone else it means massenmedien.