The mass media to me is media in any form being presented to a large audience. It takes many forms such as broadcast Medias like radio and television, print broadcasting like news papers and magazines, and the internet. My perception of what the media is varies from individual to individual because of my experiences. For instance, I myself love the media for the main purpose of communication. Others may not see it the same way because they may believe that the media is full of fake news or bias.
In the book written by John Berger, ‘Ways of Seeing’, you see women in oil paintings naked. These paintings were made by men for men. To me this was a form of mass media in the past because this was a form of entertainment that many men were exposed to. Men were the medium that would publicise or communicate their work and the women were the message.
When oil paintings were seen it was an art piece that you could get lost in because it appealed to your senses. In the past, that was what was popular in their culture, for the rich to have the wealth, power and women while the others envied them. Oil painting erases reality for a moment and allows the viewers to be engulfed in this new reality where what they see is what they get. That to me is my understanding of what the mass media is. It takes different forms and is a way to escape reality. To me, that may not always be a bad thing
Work cited
Berger, John. Ways of Seeing. London: British Broadcasting Corporation and Penguin Books, 2008.
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