The Mass Media 2. Ownership and Control Sociology Central The Mass Media www.sociology.org.uk Media Ownership Private: Companies are State: The BBC‚ for example‚ is owned by individuals‚ families‚ shareholders and so forth. state owned; it is funded by the taxpayer and doesn ’t have private owners or shareholders. There are different types of state ownership around the world. In China‚ for example‚ the government directly controls media content (the media is‚ in effect
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impact of media ownership Media should play its role freely without the influence of any other parties or power. The media suppose to be the agent of change‚ development‚ stability‚ social cohesion‚ a platform for mental or intellectual reformation and its biggest role is as the market for any kind of information. But in reality‚ these roles are not fully applied as the interruption of the media owners inhabits some of its roles. As we all know‚ the owner has the full power towards the media that is
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2011-17951 Date submitted: August 29‚ 2013 Ownership of Media and Its Implications The Issue of Media Ownership Media ownership has been a hot topic for quite some time. In the Philippines‚ where private-ownership of the media is more common‚ the issue now is whether or not foreigners can own more than 40% of a media company. This is a country that has also experienced dominance of state-owned media under martial law and during that time‚ and Filipinos did not accept that sitting down but
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Australia’s media ownership laws have remained unchanged for over a decade‚ debate on the desirability of reform has continued unabated. This debate has been fuelled by the advent of new media technologies‚ a number of inquiries proposing regulatory changes‚ and the self-interest of those media organisations that report the controversy. The Government has long indicated that it believed the rules to be anachronistic‚ and in 2002 unsuccessfully attempted to amend the cross-media ownership restrictions
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Concentrated media ownership in today’s society is doing much more harm than good. As a democratic nation‚ there are many values and freedoms that we are entitled to and with this concentration‚ these rights are being infringed. The value of news is also in jeopardy as the diversity and localism of the news media diminishes. Both of these things together form a platonic pair that should be a concern of all democracy loving Americans. According to an FCC regulation that is currently being revised
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busy schedule‚ this is one of the only times we get to spend time just the two of us. The United States is the leading country in guns per resident‚ with "88 for every 100 people” (Reuters). There are going to be pros and cons as a result of this fact. Pros for gun ownership include a large population to use them for recreation‚ and guns can be used for defense to deter crime. “…Most gun owners use their guns for each of these three purposes: crime protection (67%)‚ target shooting (66%)‚ and
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Regulating Cross-Media Ownership According to political theorists Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman The media is unable to satisfy our democratic needs because: They are profit-seeking businesses‚ owned by very wealthy people (or other companies); they are funded largely by advertisers who are also profit-seeking entities‚ and who want their ads to appear in a supportive selling environment. The media are also dependent on government and major business firms as information sources‚ and both
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Corporate Ownership of Mass Media It is my opinion that there is bias in mass communication due to corporate ownership. We as a population cannot trust media sources to fully educate us due to the roles and biases that large corporations play in mass popular media today. If there are larger corporations running things‚ there may also be ulterior motives for disclosing or not disclosing information. An example is the power of General Electric over NBC-TV‚ in which it did not allow a song to
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views and opinions through the media. When media moguls control media content and media distribution‚ they have a lock on the extent and range of diverse views and issues that get publicized. The power to control what the citizens know‚ how much they know and how they feel about this knowledge allows gives these corporations undue political and economic influence (Gutierrez). This abuse of power was seen when “Silvio Berlusconi‚ Italy’s former prime minister‚ used his media tycoon status to not only help
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The Effects of Corporate Ownership On Media Content “We are here to serve advertisers. That is our raison d’etre‚” said the CEO of CBS. Since the 1980s‚ there have been a lot of corporate mergers and buyouts in the media and entertainment industry. As a result‚ mainstream media has become more concentrated due to ownership and influence from advertisers. According to Mother Jones magazine‚ there were eight giant media companies dominating the US media. Most people get their information from
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