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> [The media must be used effectively to reach the masses. You have to find a new language in which to address the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wole-soyinka/the-media-must-be-used-effectively-to-reach-the-masses-you-have-to/)

[Wole Soyinka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wole-soyinka/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/wole-soyinka-1587_addresses_the-media-must-be-used-effectively-to-re_355593.jpg)

> [My particular thing is discovering what can be done with media and how it can be used. You can't draw people together…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bowie/my-particular-thing-is-discovering-what-can-be-done-with-media-and/)

[David Bowie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bowie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/93c/david-bowie-508_bigs_my-particular-thing-is-discovering-what_359560.jpg)

> [I understand the visual media very well, as I used to write comic books for Walt Disney, and I've written a graphic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diana-gabaldon/i-understand-the-visual-media-very-well-as-i-used-to-write-comic/)

[Diana Gabaldon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diana-gabaldon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36a/diana-gabaldon-185_books_i-understand-the-visual-media-very-well_514852.jpg)

> [Media used to be one way. Everyone else in the world just had to listen. Now the internet is allowing what used…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-gordon-levitt/media-used-to-be-one-way-everyone-else-in-the-world-just-had-to/)

[Joseph Gordon-Levitt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-gordon-levitt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc0/joseph-gordon-levitt-1583_allowing_media-used-to-be-one-way-everyone-else-i_543698.jpg)

> [I think that social media can be used for good and for bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lexi-ainsworth/i-think-that-social-media-can-be-used-for-good-and-for-bad/)

[Lexi Ainsworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lexi-ainsworth/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b3e/lexi-ainsworth-46559_media_i-think-that-social-media-can-be-used-fo_2259738.jpg)

> [“our conventional response to all media, namely that it is how they are used that counts, is the numb stance of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-carr/our-conventional-response-to-all-media-namely-that-it-is-how-they-are/)

[Nicholas Carr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-carr/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/716/nicholas-carr-4579_response_our-conventional-response-to-all-media-n_2412931.jpg)

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