mass media

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mass media

Communication technology, such as radio, television, internet, etc., which are capable of reaching large segments of a population.
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"Performance for live and recorded media is a relatively new programme, so it's a chance for us to make more people aware of it, while also offering an opportunity for the students to share their work with the rest of the community through these free performances."
The manufacturing sector recorded a decrease by 1.7 percent in November 2018 compared to October because of the decline in production in five groups: manufacture of beverage 11.9 percent, followed by manufacture of refined petroleum products 3.5 percent, Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products by 3.0 percent, manufacture of cement and other non-metallic minerals by 0.9 percent, manufacture of food products by 0.8 percent, while production in three groups: manufacture of basic metals (8.3 percent), manufacture of rubber and plastics (3.9 percent), manufacture of printing and reproduction of recorded media by 1.0 percent.
Nevertheless, there was a 14.8% fall in printing and reproduction of recorded media, 12.9% in the manufacture of cement and other non-metallic mineral products, 2.1% in the manufacture of refined petroleum products and 0.1% in the manufacture of food products as well as basic metals.
The most significant production decreases in the manufacturing were registered in the manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products by 9.2%, in the manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials by 9.1%, in the printing and reproduction of recorded media by 8.2%, in the manufacture of food products by 7.0%.
No other technology offers the capability to serve such a variety of diverse applications with a media format that provides almost universal compatibility for recorded media. The unprecedented acceptance of DVD video players, combined with the accelerating usage of recordable DVD, has created a solid a market position that should maintain DVD as the premiere optical format as the technology evolves to 100 gigabytes and beyond.
Nevertheless, there was a 9.6% decline in the printing and reproduction of recorded media, 3.7% in the manufacture of cement and other non-metallic mineral products, 1.2% in chemicals and chemical products and 0.8% in food products.
It was mainly attributed to decrease in production of four groups " chemicals and chemical products by 5.2 percent, cement and other non-metallic mineral products by 3.4 percent, printing and reproduction of recorded media by 1.6 percent and basic metals by 1.1 percent.