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Mass Communication

Sometimes, a message has to be given to a
large number of people at the same time.

It is done through the means of mass
communication.

Newspapers can spread the message in every
part of a country or in the world. The radio

and television are audio and visual means of Postcard
communication. The messages are delivered

immediately and can also be repeated again
and again.

They can also broadcast ‘live’ programmes
or events happening in any part of the world.

Man-made artificial satellites, placed high
above the Earth can collect information and
send telephone messages, radio and television Newspaper

programmes instantly.

Today, computer and mobile phones are the latest

and the most important means of communication.
The internet services and e-mail are two important

means of communication through the computers. The
satellites and computers have made communication

very fast.

Nowadays, e-readers are becoming very popular. An

e-reader is the size of a big cellphone. E-readers are E-reader
used to read e-books. One can download from Internet and save many

e-books in an e-reader and can read any of those books anytime.

This means of communication help us remain in contact with our relatives

and friends, who are living far away from us. Actually, the world has
now become a small village due to very fast means of transportation and

communication.

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