

According to the FICCI-EY media and entertainment report of March 2021, the online news audience grew to 450 million in 2020. Raising the curtain: Media industry and the changing landscape With the changing digital landscape in India, the news channels are expanding their reach from television screens through DTH to mobile phones, tablets and laptops through digital channels as well as programming on YouTube and Facebook.But not being silent in libraries - those still existing, anyway - not speaking softly in public spaces or not using vehicular horns sparingly but instead honking like there is no tomorrow, prepare us for situations where one may need to concentrate under raucous conditions.

Being voluble, though, is not to everyone's taste even in our decibels-tolerant culture.

A company that needs to advertise itself and/or its products hires an advertising agency. The advertising industry is made of companies that advertise, agencies that create the advertisements, media that carries the ads, and a host of people like copy editors, visualizers, brand managers, researchers, creative heads and designers who take it the last mile to the customer or receiver. It does this via television, print (newspapers, magazines, journals etc), radio, press, internet, direct selling, hoardings, mailers, contests, sponsorships, posters, clothes, events, colours, sounds, visuals and even people (endorsements). In today's world, advertising uses every possible media to get its message through. Advertisements are messages paid for by those who send them and are intended to inform or influence people who receive them, as defined by the Advertising Association of the UK.ĭescription: Advertising is always present, though people may not be aware of it. Definition: Advertising is a means of communication with the users of a product or service.
