Importance of mass media in a country 

Positive

• Delivers information to the public of current on current affairs.
• Educates /instructive. Media educate us on important social issues such as public health and hygiene.
• Interpretation for instance Newspaper editorials usually offer  explicit interpretations of current events
• Media outlets can bring people closer together, which serves the bonding function.
• Media divert us We all use the media to escape our day-to-day lives, to distract us from our upcoming exam, or to help us relax. When we are being distracted, amused, or relaxed, the media is performing the diversion function.
• Provide employment
• Advertise
• Promote human rights
• Provide market to new technologies.

Negative

• Promote speculations
• Mass communication gardets such as T.V and radios are expensive.
• Misiinformation about ctrical issues such as security and health may be dsastrous.
• May eat up working time