Essays on Webster Online Dictionary

Influence of the media on society

Over the last century, the media has undergone radical growth especially with the breakthrough developments made in technology. Since the establishment of the print media in the 1900s, the media has been growing exponentially in coverage and innovation. These developments have seen the transition from telegraph to radio, then television and finally the current media explosive age of the internet. The current age is the information age where the current society has an efficient, fast and unlimited access to a large pool of data through computers and the internet. Information drives the society forward and promotes the advancement in various ...

Effective advertisement refers to those advertisements that are able to send the message across to its target audience. This effectiveness, when applied to advertisements intended to increase awareness, is translated to action or audience participation. In advertisements of products and services, effectiveness is measured through increase in sales.

Exercise 12.1

- Terrorism is a violent act of creating fear among humans.

Merriam Webster Online Dictionary definition:

The use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal

Difference: Almost similar in definition, except for the idea of politics indicated in the dictionary definition

- App is a shortened term for application which means a computer program used for a certain purpose.

Merriam Webster Online Dictionary definition:

A shortened form of the word ...