A mass event involves a crowd.
From the French massif , massive is that which is applied in great quantity . The concept also allows us to name what belongs to or is relative to the human masses .
For example: "The company announced massive layoffs that will leave thousands of people on the streets," "The official was forced to face a massive claim from the population," "A massive demonstration called for the freedom of political prisoners." imprisoned by the government" , "Massive shock due to the discovery of thirty mutilated bodies on the river bank" .
mass murder
Mass murder , also known as mass murder , is the action of taking the lives of a large number of people in a short period of time . These massacres can be carried out by an individual or by an organization (whether state or private).
The notion of mass murder is usually linked to an attempted extermination for religious, ethnic or political reasons. Genocide can even be a state policy by totalitarian governments and dictatorships, as in the case of Nazi Germany .
In any case, there is no precise definition that establishes the scope and limits of what is understood as mass murder. A psychopath who enters a shopping center with a gun and kills twelve people almost simultaneously can also be considered a mass murderer.
Television is a mass medium of communication.
A type of media
Mass or mass media is known as those that are directed at a large number of people simultaneously. The group that receives the message is called the public, audience or, simply, mass ; the latter derives from the theory of sociology.
The purposes pursued by these media are diverse. In the particular case of television , it focuses on the training, entertainment and information of the audience; At the same time that it economically benefits the companies and networks that invest money in it, it seeks to instill a certain ideology in its audience through programming, which it carefully chooses, and through the advertising of products and services.
The phenomenon of mass communication affects people from all over the world, to a greater or lesser extent, and its presence in today's society is almost essential, since it keeps the population updated about the economic, political and social situation, at the same time it provides tools for education and offers the entertainment necessary to relax after a stressful day at work.
A massive receiver
For mass communication to take place, the interaction of a single sender (also called communicator) and a group of receivers (audience or public) must occur; the latter must simultaneously meet a series of conditions: they must be very numerous (a massive set), heterogeneous and anonymous . It is worth remembering that the mass media do not represent the act of communication itself, but rather the tools that are used to make it happen.
Finally, it is important to note that the mass does not have a value associated with it in terms of the quality of its influence on the public: a very popular television program can be as harmful as it is beneficial, just as a fashion can seem absurd or be good for health (as occurs with sports shoes that improve posture). It should not be forgotten that for a phenomenon of this nature to cause an effect, it is necessary for someone to approve its broadcast and then for another person to consume it and accept its proposals.
The concept in physics and medicine
For physics , massive is something that has a concentrated mass .
In the field of medicine , finally, a massive dose of a medication is close to the maximum limit that an organism can tolerate.