Eight functions of mass media:
1) inform (a teacher function)
2) surveillance (a watcher function)
3) service the economic system
4) hold society together (act as sort of a cultural glue)
5) entertain
6) act as a community forum (media's equivalent of town hall meeting or group discussion)
7) set the agenda
8) service the political system
1) inform (a teacher function)
2) surveillance (a watcher function)
3) service the economic system
4) hold society together (act as sort of a cultural glue)
5) entertain
6) act as a community forum (media's equivalent of town hall meeting or group discussion)
7) set the agenda
8) service the political system
