Police in Britain have taken to social media to warn of the dangers of the Blue Whale challenge, a so-called social media game which is allegedly responsible for a spate of suicides in Russia. Home u.k.
During the horrific genocide in Rwanda, 1994, the Rwandan media played a major part in supporting, or creating an atmosphere to sanction the terrible human suffering that ensued.he Propaganda section of the Human Rights Watch report, for example, provides some in-depth analysis of how the media in Rwanda was used and played a role in the genocide, and how propaganda was employed in a variety of ways. Coming to terms with the genocide has not been easy for the Rwandan people.
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.