Philip Morris International. Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE: PM) is an American global cigarette and tobacco company, with products sold in over 180 countries outside the United States. The most recognized and best selling product of the company is Marlboro.
[THE ELECTRONIC MEDIA LANDSCAPE] Traditionally, media in the United States have been regulated by one of three models:print, broadcasting, and ''common carrier'' (e.g., telephone and telegraph), with cableTV treated as something in between print and broadcasting.
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.