A Rant A Week Keeps The Doctor Away. Overlapping Cultures and The Influence of The Mass Media. Carrie Underwood to perform at ION Orchard official opening. Carrie Underwood to perform at ION Orchard official opening. But according to a recent Forbes report, she is the top earner amongst the contest winners from June 2008 to May 17, 2009.

When the ocean rise, and thunder roar, what will you do? Tell me in a whisper, what you want me to hear. Mass media, the platform by which mass communication is being spread across to a large group of heterogeneous and anonymous audience is a powerful weapon.

Sunday, October 25, 2009. According to Geert Hofstede, culture is the collective programming of the mind which distinguishes the members of one group or category of people from another and it includes systems of values and values are among the building blocks of culture .

Saturday, October 24, 2009. Logged on, tuned out. In the tech-savvy world we live in today, mass media has become an inseparable part of our lives. Logged on, tuned out.

See Both Sides of The Story. These messages are often arranged and controlled by institutional sources. Governments and institutions often adopt agenda-setting functions. The media could also work against countries where there is a wide gap between the minority and majority groups. In these countries, the power elite could control the information carried by media such that it silences the views of the minority groups. These messages are knowned as hegemonic messages. It is, however, a d.