Упражнения: Communication and relationships

Man is a social animal, and his need to communicate with everything that surrounds him is as basic as his need for food or hunger. Even in the prehistoric age when communication was as basic signing to one another, man found a way to sign and connect. The need for communication was so strong that he developed the skill for speech and language, which further grew into a written language.

Before the beginning of the communication era, when the radio, film, and television came to be, the Chinese had invented the paper. The emergence of radio, film, and television allowed anyone to present their view to large groups with more ease. However, information sharing was still largely a one-way communication. All this changed when the information age gave the world the internet or, as we know it, the World Wide Web.

The web allowed people to initiate conversations with people with more ease and even to respond back. The growth of technology didn't enddid not end there and the direction that mass communication experts took followed it. And the game changer that came into play revolutionising the very way people communicated over the internet was the concept of social media and micro blogging, which brings us to the current trend in mass communication.

Current trend in mass communication: social media

Blogs take some time to develop and they require a certain level of writing skills. This limited the proportion of people who were information contributors as compared to information consumers. E-mails definitely made it easier to send across this information written, but how many people could one send it to? It had limitation that you need to know a person's email id. All of that changed when the social media entered the game. Before social media, it was impossible to know what a former classmate you haven't heard from in years has been doing all these years or what your favourite celebrity is having for lunch right now!

Such networks as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and other microblogging sites gained so much popularity among people that IT brands simply could not ignore them as a platform to their marketing strategies. You can have your own online store on Facebook! Twitter, one of the first microblogging sites and the fastest way to spread the news, now allows ads. These platforms allow people to filter out information and only see what they like. This exclusivity has been growingis growing day by day. Mass communication today really holds true to its meaning with the potential to actually reach to the world and have the worlds reach back towards you.

With the changing ways and the new digital forefront, even the direction in studying of mass communication courses has expanded allowing for the study of digital marketing. That is proof enough of the impact technology has had. But what comes next? Who knows? The future is limitless and even more so for the concept of mass communication!

1. George turns down Max's offer because of a similar experience with Sardana. True False
2. Kate was the one who developed the business plan. True False George developed the business plan.
3. Max knows investors who could be interested in financially supporting George's project. True False Max wants to invest his own money into the project.
4. Kate is ready to take part in a project only if it is based on her idea. True False She's willing to take part in the project no matter whose idea it was.
5. Max still has feelings for Kate. True False