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Jointly owned by Capital Cities/ABC, NBC, and the Hearst Corporation, A&E went on the air on February 1, 1984, the result of a merger of the ARTS Channel (owned by ABC and Hearst) and the Entertainment Channel (a venture of Rockefeller Center and RCA). It had 9 million subscribers and a Tag Heuer Replica Watches […]

Most of the commercial television stations are affiliated with a network. Until 1986, when someone said “the networks” they were referring to ABC, NBC, CBS, and, occasionally, CNN, but in that year the Fox Broadcasting Company began developing the Fox network. Owned by Media Corporation president Rupert Murdoch, the Fox net-work expanded its number of […]

Because CNN broadcasts around the globe, it has become a vehicle for airing the competing claims of various nations and their leaders. Voices previously unlikely to be heard by U.S. audiences have received airplay. In September 1990, for example, CNN carried a speech by Jordan’s King Hussein appealing for moderation by all sides in the […]

Mass communication is part of the whole process of communication going on all the time in our lives. People watch television in their homes, and what they see and hear is affected by family attitudes Cartier Roadster Replica Watches and the comments of friends and relatives. Despite the importance of the mass media, we still […]

The Sources The sources of messages in the mass media are also distinctive. Because sending such messages is costly and technologically complex, the sources for traditional media were organizational or institutional. Historically, the sources of mass communication have been large organizations, such as radio and television networks, newspaper chains, publishing firms, and conglomerates that own […]