The Media—the Rapier in Modern Societies—A Preliminary Study on Media Influence on Society Contents: Acknowledgements…………………………………IVAbstract……………………………………………...V论文摘要…………………………………………… VIIntroduction………………………………………..VII Chapter One Mass media………………………..11. 1 Historic and comparative study of different media………11.1.1 Printed Media……………………………………………………..21.1.2 Television………………………………………………………….41.1.3 Broadcasting………………………………………………………51.1.4 Photographs……………………………………………………….91.1.5 Movies…………………………………………………………….101.1.6 Internet…………………………………………………………...121.1.7 Hybrid Media……………………………………………………141. 2 Conclusion………………………………………………….14 Chapter Two Understanding the Media………..162.1 How do the media work…………………………………….162.2 Issues and Concerns in Mass media……………………….182.2.1 The overwhelming objective for profit........................................182.2.2 Degradation in contents…………………………………………202.2.3 Contemporary news media under advertising ………………..232.2.4 Convergence of media ownership………………………………242.3 Conclusion…………………………………………………..26 Chapter Three: Mass Media and Society—Effects and Impacts…………………………………………273.1 The presumption of media effects…………………………283.2 The media and Violence……………………………………303.2.1 Violence presence in the media…………………………………303.2.2 Current Theories on the effects of media violence……………323.2.3 Reactions and Measurements…………………………………..333.3 The media and young generation…………………………..363.4 The media and politics……………………………………..40...
