Concept of Mass
composed of a large aggregate of people, mainly negative perception
The Mass Communication Process
- one direction flow
Hypodermic Needle Theory
the media injects its messages straight into the passive audience
Hegemonic
process of domination in which one set of ideas subverts or co-opts another
Themes on communication and society
theme I: power and inequality
theme II: social integration and identity
theme III: social change and development
theme IV: space and time
Functionalism
media is an institution of society, they perform the necessary tasks of order, control, and cohesion