History A-Level
mass media
What mass media means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of mass media
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Reference: AQA
A force that broadcast the televised Army-McCarthy hearings and the brutal suppression of civil rights activists, shaping national consciousness and amplifying societal fractures.
Topics that use mass media
- 1K The making of a Superpower: USA, 1865–1975 – The Superpower, 1945–1975 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- civil rights
- Civil rights and equality
- Dynamic conservatism
- Economic prosperity and inequality
- Fair Deal
- Great Society
- McCarthyism
- New Federalism
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