Advertising regulation takes place through the Federal Trade Commission. Broadcasting is regulated through the Federal Communications Commission. Media messages are also regulated through laws governing libel, and self-regulated by business and professional organizations such as the National Association of Broadcasters. Deregulation trends in the 1980s swept away many government regulations intended to constrain media industries in the United States. The relationship between actual places, people, events and ideas and media content.
Stereotypes are a common form of media representation.
As messages pass through media, they are distorted so that media does not represent reality as much as it re-presents reality. Segue A gradual transition between two audio sources. The sources overlap as they go from one to another. Analogous to the dissolve transition in video and film. Software The place where media messages are stored.