We All Communicate
• We communicate all the time, even during Civics lessons.
• Somethings there are disruptions, barriers to communication, like when someone else talks at the same time.
​ • Mass communication goes mostly in one direction. But there are opportunites for certain feedback to the sender etc. That is to say, two-way communication. A newspaper reader can spread their own views by writing a letter to the editior of the newspaper. A radio listener can call in during some talk radio programs. Someone who is active in social media can write a blog post etc. (or start your own site, as Mr F has done).
​► How does communication take place during a Civics (Samhällskunskap) lesson?
â–º Which barriers can disrupt communication?
â–º In which different ways can a newspaper reader, a radio listener, and someone who is active in social media spread their own views?
207 Mass Communication
People talk about the media as a channel for communication. Generally they mean mass media, a channel which reaches many people. Mass media are TV-channels, radio stations, newspapers, and internet (for example blogs and YouTube).
â–º What is a common word for Swedish TV, the BBC, and The Times?
â–º Give examples of mass media.
â–º What does "mass media" mean?
â–º Which are the most important mass media?
