Mass Communication

I think that the initial lecture on mass communication and the concept of it was really good. It was well given in the sense that it was very clear, understandable and I learned a lot.
I never realized how many stages something had to go through to reach the ultimate for of mass communication and I never realized what the factors that made something mass communication were. For something to be mass communication, it has to have the potential to reach a mass audience, has to travel through time and space without the creator, has to have distance, and can't receive any immediate feedback. I never realized that many things you may think of as mass communication actually aren't because they don't fit one or more of the criteria. I also found it very interesting how many things can interrupt the mass communication process. Things we may not even think about every day when we are trying to process information.