Friday, April 24, 2009

Mass Communications

A process by which professional communicators use media to disseminate messages widely and rapidly, arousing meanings in large and diverse audiences to influence them in various ways (DeFleur, Kearney, Plax, & DeFleur, 2005).

Here are a number of Mass Communication theories.

  • Agenda-setting theory
  • Cultivation theory
  • Spiral of Silence theory
  • Uses and Gratifications theory

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