Clearly if we are to participate in the society in which we live we must communicate with the other people. A great deal of communicating is 【M1】______ performed on a person-to-person base by the simple means of speech. 【M2】______ If we travel in buses, buy things in shops, or eat in restaurants, we are possible to have conversations where we give information or opinions, 【M3】______ receive news or comment, and very likely have our views challenged by other members of society. Face-to face contact is by no mean the only form. of communication 【M4】______ and during the last two hundred years the art of mass communication has become one of the dominating factors of contemporary society. Two things, above others, have caused the enormous growth of the communication industry. Firstly, inventiveness had led to advances in printing, telecommunications, photography, radio and television. Secondly, speed has revolutionized the transmission and reception of communications so that local news often takes a back seat to national news, which themselves is often almost eclipsed by 【M5】______ international news. No longer is the possession of information confined to a privileged majority. In the last century the wealthy man with his own library was indeed 【M6】______ fortunate, and today there are public libraries. Forty years ago people used to 【M7】______ flock to cinema, but now far more people sit at home and turn on the TV to 【M8】______ watch a program that is being channeled into millions of homes, Communication is no longer mere concerned with the transmission 【M9】______ of information. The modern communication industry influences the way people live in society and narrows their horizons by allowing access to 【M10】______ information, education and entertainment. The printing, broadcasting and advertising industries are all involved with informing, educating and entertaining. 【M1】