Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media such as the population of a nation state. It was coined in the 1920s with the advent of nationwide radio networks, mass-circulation newspapers and magazines, although mass media (like books and manuscripts) were present centuries before the term became common. The term public media has a similar meaning: it is the sum of the public mass distributors of news and entertainment across media such as newspapers, television, radio, broadcasting, which may require union membership in some large markets such as Newspaper Guild, AFTRA, & text publishers. The concept of mass media is complicated in some internet media as now individuals have a means of potential exposure on a scale comparable to what was previously restricted to select group of mass media producers. These internet media may have: specifically envisioned and designed to reach a very large audience
Blogs
Message boards
Personal web pages
Podcasts
Television
Video hosting services
The communications audience has been viewed by some commentators as forming a mass society with special characteristics, notably atomization or lack of social connections, which render it especially susceptible to the influence of modern mass-media techniques such as advertising and propaganda. The term "MSM" or "mainstream media" has been widely used in the blogosphere in discussion of the mass media and media bias.
Forms
Electronic media and print media include
Film: is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general.
The Internet (also known simply as "the Net" or "the Web") can be briefly understood as "a network of networks". Specifically, it is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet protocol IP
Blogs (Web Logs): Blogging has become a huge form of media, popular through the internet. A blog is a website, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video
RSS feeds: RSS is a format for syndicating news and the content of news-like sites, including major news sites like Wired, news-oriented community sites like Slashdot, and personal blogs
Podcast: A podcast is a series of digital-media files which are distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers
Mobile: Mobile phones were introduced in Japan in 1997 but became a mass media only in 1998 when the first downloadable ringing tones were introduced in Finland
Publishing: Publishing is the industry concerned with the production of literatureinformation – the activity of making information available for public view. In some cases, authors may be their own publishers
Book : A book is a collection of sheets of paper, parchment or other material with a piece of text written on them, bound together along one edge within covers. A book is also a literary work or a main division of such a work. A book produced in electronic format is known as an e-book
Magazine: A magazine is a periodical publication containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising and/or purchase by readers
Newspaper: A newspaper is a publication containing news and information and advertising, usually printed on low-cost paper called newsprint. It may be general or special interest, most often published daily or weekly
Mass wire media: Mass wire media is a new frontier of news reporting in the high-tech age. A few decades ago news reporting was through newspaper and radio and television
Video games: A video game is a computer-controlled game where a video display such as a monitor or television is the primary feedback device. The term "computer game" also includes games which display only text (and which can therefore theoretically be played on a teletypewriter) or which use other methods
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