The Role of Mass Communication in Contemporary Society
Keywords:
Language, Communication, MediaAbstract
Language is the principal means used by human beings to communicate with one another. Language is primarily spoken, although it can be transferred to other media, such as writing. If the spoken means of communication is unavailable, as may be the case among the deaf, visual means such as sign language can be used.
From the earliest times, people have needed to communicate across distance or over time. Since the beginnings of writing, communication media have allowed messages to travel over distance and time. A communication medium is a means for recording and transporting a message or information. The word medium comes from the Latin word medius, meaning middle or between. It is a channel or path for sending a message between communicators. A single channel—such as radio, or a book, or the telephone - is called a medium; media is plural, meaning more than one medium.
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