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Throughout the 1920's the radio industry began booming and was a major part of  many Americans lives. The most important force that helped shape the radio industry were the industries themselves; who established the first advertisements and who created networks on which radio programing was broadcast on.
The force of industries or the industrial factors make it possible for there to be more than one network providing programing on the radio. They produce commercials, programing, and networks that might promote products, services, or stars. They also provide entertainment for the viewers or listeners with a wide range of different shows.
Industries affected the evolution of U.S. radio system by making the radio available to the public; they provided entertainment to the public through mass communication. Not only did they do this but they also used radio to help companies sell products. The radio system was very big throughout the 1920' because it was the industries who kept people in touch with the the world and kept them entertained, while at the same time being informed of products. A good example of this, I found in the lecture, when during a show the radio star would promote and  advertise a product.

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The use of media and technology has such a major effects on our everyday lives, it effects the way we act, the way we see life, and the way we percive each gender's role and what it is that they are expected to be like.  The impact of the why we use media and the way we interpret media shape the people we are and our society.
Media effects are what affect the way we think think, the way we behave, or our attitudes toward a certain issue or topic from being exposed to the media. It can have a massive change in the way of perceiving other individuals in our communities and societies, these changes in attitudes can be negative or positive ones. As well as adding to changes in the way we perceive things, our constant exposure and time spent with media tend to reflect the effects of it on our daily lives, as in spending time watching tv instead of using time better and doing something productive. By having such a major effect on society media can influence the why we react to certain situtations, the opinions we may have on certain issues, and the emotions we may feel when we see things happen or when we hear something.
September 11 shows us the media's effect on how many Americans perception of the muslim world change within a matter of a few months. The focus on Islamic radicals helped change Americans attitudes towards Muslims, Fox News played a major part in this with there focus on how crazy and out of control these people are. The use of "scare tactics" helped change the American peoples perception of Muslim people being just like everyone else to all Muslims are bad and dangerous. All the negative coverage that was focused on Muslims has not only affected Muslims but all people fromm the Middle East as well nice that is where the media was telling the American people these radical terrorist came from. So now automatically Americans have this instilled fear that when they see some one who looks like they are from the Middle East on a plane this whole fear of "They might blow up the plane"  comes out and people tend to feel they have to watch them the whole flight so that nothing happens. This on going issue is and effect of how media effects are able to change an entire nation and put it in a stay of fear and anger.

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4287605/six-flags-controversy (video)

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