The change in media

"The last 20 years have been more significant in the terms of the media and its role in society than the whole of the previous 200 years."

I agree with this statement to a certain extent as there is so much more media content that audiences have to access than there was in previous years. This shows that media has a lot more power in society now than it did before. However I still believe that previous years have had an influence on how media is seen and used in the current day and age, for example in the 1980's the release of 24 hour news, this led to a revolution in how people saw news. Overall, I believe that the past 20 years have had made a great change in how people use media.