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Mass Media
Influences and Impressions from MediaBias in Media
Influence and Control of Media
Different Types of Media
PRESS: Newspapers, Magazines, BooksTELEVISION: International, National, LocalRADIO: Various Radio Channels FILMSADVERTISEMENTSINTERNETMUSIC
How do papers report the news?
• http://www.frontpagestoday.co.uk/
• Compare the headlines on todays national papers. Are all of them really “news” or are some headlines more ‘gossip’.
• Do some papers MAKE the news?
Influence on and of Media• Interactive Media - Reality shows• Internet - modern day journalists get instant
input from readers or viewers through emails and ‘blogging’
• News can come from people’s ‘blogs’ or posts - Anyone can make news if they want to
• Wheelie Bin Cat Lady?• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-coven
try-warwickshire-11068063
Influence on Media
• Internet – Swift sharing of information and a channel for a direct response to and individual / group
• EG David Cameron and Mumsnet..• http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/660
8334/David-Cameron-gets-mauling-from-mothers.html
• When more than a million people signed a petition against road pricing on the Prime Minister’s 10 Downing Street website, the government changed the policy.
Influence on Media
• Media funding is also crucial in a free society. If the state alone funded the media there would be dangers of corruption and bias. USSR – PRAVDA
• If one person owns many newspapers and television stations this could dominate public debate and opinion.
• News Corp/Rupert Murdoch – The Times/Sunday Times, The Sun, Sky, Fox.
• OFCOM - maintaining the impartiality of the media• BBC – Funded by public money and follow a Charter that
should ensure no political or social bias exists.
How can we avoid Bias in Media?
Censorship
• What is Censorship?
• Give two examples of censorship
• What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Censorship?
Censorship and Constraint• Censorship • Preventing Publication
• Defamation • Lowering the reputation of an individual in the
eyes of right thinking members of society • Libel • Defamation in permanent form — book, article,
tape, etc
Censorship and Constraint
• Slander • Defamation in the form of speech • News Blackouts • Authorities silence the media during a criminal
investigation....
• Human Rights Act 1998 - Right to privacy