Forms Characteristics Key Roles Examples


TV Video combined with sound Entertainment

News



Commercial TV shows

World events, weather, sports

A&W mama burger

Radio Sound waves transmitted over long distance Advertising

Music



Gulf car was

Rock, classical, folk…all genres

Magazine Usually vibrant with lots of colour, text and pictures Information and adveritsement Celebrity gossip, world news

Avon

Newspaper Text with some pictures usually added Delivers news and advertisements Obituaries news stories

Classifieds

Internet Usually colourful images with text Information, pictures, and entertainment offered world wide Youtube, yahoo,

i-dressup

Billboard Large picture and text on large board Advertisements Subway steak and bacon melt

(Clothing) Logos Advertisements Billa Bong

Ricki’s





Mass media-the means of communication that reach large numbers of people in a short time, such as television, newspapers, magazines, and radio.