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Line 7: '''Mass media''' include the diverse arrays of [[media (communication)|media]] that reach a large audience via [[mass communication]]. [[Broadcast media]] transmit information electronically via media such as [[film]]s, [[radio]], recorded music, or [[television]]. [[Digital media]] comprises both [[Internet]] and [[mobile web|mobile]] mass communication. Internet media comprise such services as [[email]], [[social media]] sites, [[website]]s, and Internet-based radio and television. Many other [[File:Salahzulfikar1961.jpg|thumb|upright=175|175px|Egyptian movie star [[Salah Zulfikar]] on the cover of Al-Kawakeb magazine, March 1961, an example of mass media]]
== Issues with definition == In the late 20th century, mass media could be classified into eight mass media industries: books, the Internet, magazines, movies, newspapers, radio, recordings and television. The explosion of digital [[information and communications technology|communication technology]] in the late 20th and early 21st centuries made prominent the question: what forms of media should be classified as "mass media"? For example, it is controversial whether to include [[mobile phone]]s and [[video game]]s in the definition. In the early 2000s, a classification called the "seven mass media" came into use.<ref>Sashwat Yogi "Role Of Media In Social Awareness (A Review Study)." ''Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews'' 1.1 (2013): 71–73, [https://mgesjournals.com/hssr/article/view/hssr1111 online]{{cbignore|bot=medic}}. </ref> In order of introduction, they are: # [[Printing|Print]] (books, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, posters, etc.) from the late 15th century Line 86: === Internet media === {{See also|Digital media|New media}} The [[Internet]] (also known simply as "the Net" or less precisely as "the Web") is a more interactive medium of mass media, and can be briefly described as "a network of networks". Specifically, it is the worldwide, publicly accessible network of interconnected [[computer network]]s that transmit [[data (computing)|data]] by [[packet switching]] using the standard [[Internet Protocol]] (IP). It consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business and governmental networks, which together carry various [[information]] and services, such as [[email]], [[online chat]], [[Computer file|file]] transfer, and the interlinked [[web page]]s and other documents of the [[World Wide Web]]. Line 284: <ref name="Encyclopedia of library and information science, Volume 65">{{cite book|author=Newhagen, J.E.|chapter="The role of feedback in assessing the news on mass media and the Internet"|editor=Kent, Allen|title=Encyclopedia of library and information science, Volume 65|publisher=CRC Press|year=1999|isbn=978-0-8247-2065-0|page=210|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iA2bIDF3Kt0C&pg=PA210}}</ref> <ref name="History of Mass Media">{{cite web | url=http://www.buzzle.com/articles/history-of-mass-media.html | title=History of Mass Media | publisher=Buzzle.com | access-date=26 November 2011 | author=Bhattacharyya, Ajanta | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005200619/http://www.buzzle.com/articles/history-of-mass-media.html | archive-date=5 October 2011 | url-status= <ref name="Lorimer94p26">Lorimer and Scannell (1994) pp. 26–27</ref> Line 302: <ref name="Vipond2000p88">Vipond (2000) p. 88</ref> <ref name="buzzle">{{cite web | url=http://www.buzzle.com/articles/different-types-of-mass-media.html | title=Different Types of Mass Media | publisher=Buzzle.com | access-date=26 November 2011 | author=Manohar, Uttara | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114011523/http://www.buzzle.com/articles/different-types-of-mass-media.html | archive-date=14 November 2011 | url-status= <ref name="dictionary">{{cite book|chapter=Mass media|title=Oxford English Dictionary|postscript=,}} online version November 2010</ref> |