American Mass Media

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" More than two hundred years ago, the drafters of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution gave "the press" a unique, privileged status among American businesses: freedom from government censorship of its editorial content, formally guaranteed in the language of the Constitution. Two hundred years later, we hardly speak anymore about "the press"; instead we speak of "the media," a term which is technically a Latin-derived plural, but is more often used in the singular. "The media is . . ." in part what used to be called the press--newspapers and magazines--but it also includes radio, broadcast and cable television, movies (in the theater, on TV, and at your neighborhood video store). "900" telephone toll number services are a recent addition to "the media," and others are no doubt in store.

The mass media are our window on the world; ... "

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