Media Usage

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d to the government at that time so they were not any religious programs to listen to on the radio. Back then the religious leaders were considered a part of authority; most people were afraid of them and did not necessarily respect them. He thinks that media has had an influence on religion in the past several decades. “Religion may now be discussed openly with different views. There is a better understanding, and is no longer something you are afraid of.” Religion was a very forbidden subject where he was from it was either Catholic or nothing else.
My grandfather never attended sporting events in person, except for some soccer games played by amateurs in open dirt fields and barefoot. Balls were an expensive commodity and often made out of any materials available such as old women’s stockings. He couldn’t even afford to go to a lower league game. He followed sports through the AM radio when it was played in a public place that the particular event could air. My grandfather refers to sports as business, because pretty much it is now a days. “Media has made the business grow and turned into profit oriented activity by both players and owners, naturally large audiences are resp...