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Just what is the problem with big media?
Oh let us count the ways...
1. No diversity -- We get the same coverage with no depth and this also makes the media a lot easier to control and manipulate
2. Too commercial -- It is all about audience demographics not the stories of the day
3. No checks or balance -- Whose interests are being served here? Sure in the old days publications were slanted but there were enough different voices sounding off that every position (or at least many) was heard and they worked to keep everyone honest
4. Who is feeding the beast? These media giants have created monstrous news machines that need to be fed so we are constantly seeing news created and spun and yet where is the substance beneath the fluff?
It's not just me that thinks big media is a problem...
Check out what Bill Moyers has to say about it
Bill Moyers :What's Wrong with Big Media
Hear commentary by Bill Moyers of PBS at the opening remarks for the National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis Tennessee, held January 2007. The conference featured people who work in the media world, politicians and FCC Commissioners. More video from the conference to come.
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10 Comments:
Where do you fall on the issue?
Are you concerned about big media?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byVery Much So
RinchenChodron says:
Thanks I love our freedom in America to express ourselves.
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Posted June 06, 2008
cheesemonster says:
Very, very concerned about the commercialization, privatization, empty news!!!! I am just as concerned about the people who are not concerned....My lens, "The Other News"....exists because I am concerned....I appreciate your lens...thanks!
Posted May 07, 2008
LeslieBrenner says:
With the economy tanking, two never-ending wars, the possibility of a third [Iran], and everything else going on, what does the MSM talk about: flag pins. I'm fed up!
Posted May 06, 2008
Techdog says:
Im pretty sure the governement makes sure we only hear what they want us to hear.
Posted April 25, 2008
flowski says:
Yes, it's terrible! For instance, they sure went out of their way to ignore republican presidential candidate Ron Paul. What a shame...
Posted April 17, 2008
Not So Much
News Corpse
The Internet's Chronicle Of Media Decay
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More about big media
- Big Media, Big Trouble
- Corporations do not like it when regulatory decisions are submitted to public scrutiny. That's because when the people enter the debate, it becomes a whole lot harder for businesses to advance their interests over that of the public interest.
That goes double for the big-media corporations that control so many radio and television stations, newspapers, cable systems and popular Internet sites. As CNN founder Ted Turner admits, "The media is too concentrated - too few people own too much." - "My Beef With Big Media" by Ted Turner
- In the current climate of consolidation, independent broadcasters simply don't survive for long.
- FRONTLINE: news war | PBS
- In a four-hour special, News War, FRONTLINE examines the political, cultural, legal, and economic forces challenging the news media today and how the press has reacted in turn. Through interviews with key figures in print, broadcast and electronic media over the past four decades -- and with unequal
- "What Is Wrong With the Press?"
- What is wrong with the press? What is wrong with the press is planted in the very question itself. What is wrong with Big Journalism is the fact that it even exists as an entity to be critiqued. In principle "the press" is not an entity but many diverse and contentious people publishing their opinions.
- What is wrong with US media?
- I think the real problem in our "democracy" is not the voting system, but the mainstream media. If people have no idea what is actually happening, then no voting system can fix it. As of a few months ago [this was written in May 2006], a very large proportion of voters still thought that WMD had been found in Iraq. And that there were real ties between Iraq and Al Qaeda.
- The Big Picture: Why We Need New Media
- Old media cannot be fixed, no matter which new technology is used
Take a stand
What is media?
:"Popular press" redirects here; note that the University of Wisconsin Press publishes under the imprint "The Popular Press".
Mass media is a term used to denote a section of the media specifically envisioned and designed to reach a very large audience such as the population of a nation state. It was coined in the 1920s with the advent of nationwide radio networks, mass-circulation newspapers and magazines, although mass media (like books and manuscripts) were present centuries before the term became common.
The term public media has a similar meaning: it is the sum of the public mass distributors of news and entertainment across media such as newspapers, television, radio, broadcasting, which may require union membership in some large markets such as Newspaper Guild, AFTRA, & text publishers. The concept of mass media is complicated in some internet media as now individuals have a means of potential exposure on a scale comparable to what was previously restricted to select group of mass media producers. These internet media can include:
* television,
* personal web pages,
* message boards,
* podcasts,
* blogs and
* video hosting services.
The communications audience has been viewed by some commentators as forming a mass society with special characteristics, notably atomization or lack of social connections, which render it especially susceptible to the influence of modern mass-media techniques such as advertising and propaganda. The term "MSM" or "mainstream media" has been widely used in the blogosphere in discussion of the mass media and media bias.
What is big media?
A media conglomerate describes companies that own large numbers of companies in various mass media such as television, radio, publishing, movies, and the Internet.
As of 2007, News Corporation is the world's largest media conglomerate with Time Warner and The Walt Disney Company ranking second and thirdhttp://login.vnuemedia.com/hr/login/login_subscribe.jsp?id=8TmyLbuzoVM845YR4%2F5pPjGzy2Lw8ombPzuzXnEUX%2BTYhiBUr%2BAjtBw0g3nszyvFRx6Z8nyeNVJN%0Aud3FgMFrHRO0EzHySx0xZKnDIXIyBx1WH5X7X%2Bu7k%2BmeN0L37u3DKIys7L6U0gs7i69tSOHY5J6U%0AXxup164Zhfw2IvQMIBiZjrixgvN0wJ4hV07Tl9S%2FqW0IVW%2FPvhB3utrcc%2FV2vquE%2BwJUPGHm%2BXp2%0AGAyZoapZkTxWMZQDtJVkIabU7tmz1fdLK6o8M%2BT%2FDC87p9qUfKvc8CLc%2FUtYkDbBCEpLPNNXZvwW%0A0dJmbgJUVY%2FoGEFKn6dW%2BXq2ERKQ2RlonIxUpLYHPT7lcchpIUsd1hhK9gicaIqzNs8s8A%3D%3D.
Sony is also a media conglomerate (its revenue even surpasses News Corp.), but it involves in a diversity of other manufacture and businesses.
What Are The Bloggers Saying About Big Media?
- Media avert eyes as Obama caught in infanticide deception
- Big Media has been ignoring the BAIPA story for months; the essential facts were reported by Jeffrey as early as January. This weekend, Obama put the story ...
- A Working Guide to That 'Other' Convention in Denver
- The Big Tent will be a 9000-square-foot, two-story structure that will house work space for bloggers and new media journalists. ...
- Fornigate: Why The News Media Is So Much More Hypocritical Than ...
- As well as accelerating big media's crumbling credibility. (1) The Moderate Voice's comments are hosted by Disqus (http://disqus.com). ...
- Advocacy Groups, in Big Ad Campaigns, Step Up Intensity of Senate ...
- ?We have a very simple strategy,? said Mike Murphy, media adviser to the group behind the advertisement in Maine and one in Minnesota about the vote on a ...
What Can Be Done?
After all these media conglomerates already exist so what can we do about it? Stop feeding the beast
* Support legislation to restrict market share and conglomerates
* Encourage and support local television and radio stations
* Protect internet media and communication
* Provide special mailing rates for local print publications
What do you think about big media?
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Mac33
They should stop fawning over celebrities and spend more time doing real investigative journalism. Posted August 15, 2008 |
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Cumberland
Big Media certainly controls what we hear and it's spin. There is also a "herd mentality", they all seem to pursue the same two or three stories. or celebrities. Posted August 04, 2008 |
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RinchenChodron
One of the things I do is support local public radio and listen to it of course! My local one is KCFR - they give a balanced view to the news. Thanks for joining my ACTIVISTS SOUND OFF group! Posted June 06, 2008 |
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chefkeem
Important lens! 5*s, faved, lensrolled, featured on my "Most Important Squidoo Lenses" collection. Posted May 01, 2008 |
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flowski
Big media is selling us out BIG TIME!!! Posted April 17, 2008 |
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