What Was The Influence Of Mass Media In The 1950's

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The events of the 1950’s helped shaped the American Society’s current dialogue by introducing self-determination and dissimilar opinions on many global conflicts. Mass Media changed how information was spread. “...changing the patterns of information flow among individuals and groups, create new social environments in which role definitions can be transformed.” This quote suggests that the media changed how information was spread by creating new social environments. New social environments are made of many people who are diverse and willing to learn new ideas. People who are on these media platforms have the ability to spread throughout the world.
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There is also a bigger population of people in the world now. The 1950’s brought about the idea of creativity through culture and dialogue by actively speaking their minds. Many people had opposite opinions throughout many countries and the world. Communism was a very strong power that was considered unwanted. “As far as American officials were concerned, it was a war against the forces of international communism itself.” (History.com Staff 1). Korea had communism in power and the U.S. was anti-communism, so they were on opposite sides of the world. Communism divided Korea because of the violent war. The U.S. tried to make peace and help North Korea over communism. “...it was a war against the forces of international communism itself...Finally, in July 1953, the Korean War came to an end. In all, some 5 million soldiers and civilians lost their lives during the war. The Korean peninsula is still divided today.” International communism was a widespread issue and it affected millions of people. The U.S. attempted to help North Korea, but South Korea was offended by our concern and it led to the Korean War. The war separated both the north and south peninsulas of

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