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The paper discusses how mass media today represents an important part of our daily lives and without it, modern life would probably be unimaginable. The paper explains that the term itself encompasses a range of different media such as television, movies, magazines, books, Internet etc., and the 'mass' part indicates that media is accessible to a large number of people. The paper notes that the elevation to the 'mass' level is a result of many technological advances as well as social changes and the number of people that media can reach is increasing constantly. The paper also explains that media can be understood as agents through which content is delivered to the public.

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"Mass media today represent an important part of our daily lives and without them modern life would probably be unimaginable. The term itself encompasses a range of different media such as television, movies, magazines, books, Internet etc. The `mass' part indicates that media is accessible to a large number of people. The elevation to the `mass' level is a result of many technological advances as well as social changes and the number of people that media can reach is increasing constantly. Media can be understood as agents through which content is delivered to the public. This content can be any kind of message: information, news,..."

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