History of media studies

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Media studies encompasses the academic investigation of the mass media from perspectives such as sociology, psychology, history, semiotics, and critical discourse analysis.^[1] The purpose of media studies is to determine how media affects society.

Media studies in the United States is also known as Mass Communication, Communication Studies, Media Ecology.