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It's the latest example of how local, state, and federal government agencies are using social media platforms and technologies to engage the public in a variety of ways, from providing information on government services to emergency response.
The mass media are connecting tissues to other agents of socialization or social institutions. The media as an institution serve as a social interface between the society and other agents of socialization.V, radio, newspapers, and even the internet are all media outlets. Through them we gather perceptions about different groups of people (other people, and also people like ourselves), places, and other ways of life. In fact, the media is a very influential social institution.