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=Mass Media=

Mass Media is public communication reaching a large audience.


 * A ** . By considering your answers to the above, give two important characteristics that mass media products have in common:
 * 1) - widely distributed
 * 2) - many different types


 * B ** . Name one mass media product that you consume regularly at least once a week.

Phone (Calls & Text)

Why do you use it?

I use it to communicate with my friends and family.


 * C ** . Is there any media product that you feel you could not live without? If so, say what it is and why it is so important to you.

There is a media product that I feel I could not live without. The media product is my phone. It is important to me because I always have the need to communicate with someone everyday.


 * D. ** Complete the following Media Daily Diary
 * || **Print** ||  || **TV** ||   || **Radio/music** ||   || **Phone (Calls & Text)** ||   || **eReader** ||   || **Computer** ||   || **Apps** ||   ||
 * || item || time || item || time || item || time || item || time || item || time || item || time || item || time ||
 * **Day 1** || 4 || 120 || 1 || 30 || 2 || 155 || 1 || 300 || 1 || 15 || 1 || 60 || 15 || 40 ||
 * **Day 2** || 4 || 240 || 1 || 30 || 2 || 180 || 1 || 320 || 1 || 15 || 1 || 80 || 10 || 40 ||
 * **Day 3** || 4 || 200 || 1 || 30 || 2 || 135 || 1 || 310 || 1 || 15 || 1 || 110 || 10 || 40 ||
 * **Total Time** ||  || 560 ||   || 90 ||   || 470 ||   || 930 ||   || 45 ||   || 250 ||   || 120 ||


 * E ** . How do you think that media influences the way in which you live your life? Give examples of this.

I think media influences the way in which I live in my life. They basically take up most of my day everyday. For one day, about 700 minutes of my day would all be used up on media. That's about 11 hours everyday of using media products. From reading in textbooks, watching TV, listening to music, they all can take up most of your day.