Today we are beginning to notice that the new media
are not just mechanical gimmicks for creating worlds of illusion, but
new languages with new and unique powers of expression. ~ Marshall
McLuhan
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by
reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the
second hand of a clock. ~ Ben Hecht
Reporters
thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an
indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. ~ Russell Baker
Harmony seldom makes a headline. ~ Silas Bent
All of us who professionally use the mass media are the shapers of
society. We can vulgarize that society. We can brutalize it. Or we can
help lift it onto a higher level. ~ William Bernbach
Tags: quotes about the news, mass media
- What new languages and powers of expression have the mass media engendered?
- How distorted is the view of the world and life through the perspectives of the mass media?
- When have you experienced positive, uplifting perspectives as presented by the mass media?
