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Mass Media

Mass Media. Influences and Impressions from Media Bias in Media Influence and Control of Media. Different Types of Media. PRESS: Newspapers, Magazines, Books TELEVISION: International, National, Local RADIO: Various Radio Channels FILMS ADVERTISEMENTS INTERNET MUSIC .

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Mass Media

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  1. Mass Media Influences and Impressions from Media Bias in Media Influence and Control of Media

  2. Different Types of Media PRESS: Newspapers, Magazines, Books TELEVISION: International, National, Local RADIO: Various Radio Channels FILMS ADVERTISEMENTS INTERNET MUSIC

  3. 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?

  4. 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-coventry-warwickshire-11068063

  5. 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/6608334/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.

  6. 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.

  7. How can we avoid Bias in Media?

  8. Censorship • What is Censorship? • Give two examples of censorship • What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Censorship?

  9. 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

  10. 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

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