used for social networking), as well as news sources that can be accessed on the Internet. Before the internet was popular Neil Postman said “Most of our daily news is inert, consisting of information that gives us something to talk about but cannot lead to any meaningful action.” (Neil postman, amusing ourselves to death: Public Discourse in the Age of show business.) Neil wanted people to know that nowadays to get information is no big issues, information in this world is second difference with
many power is concentrated in just a few hands, and how our perception of reality can be manipulated by the selection and manipulation of information presented on TV. Table of Contents Introduction .. p. 3 1. The development of television .. p. 4 2. Globalisation of the TV market and its effects . p. 5 3. How legislation can influence the quality of journalism .. p. 6 4. How television can be abused . p. 8 5. Rupert Murdoch´s media monopoly
Outlining the success story of this important means of mass media at the beginning of the first chapter, I will then explain the effects of globalisation on the TV market. Considering the example of commercialised American television, I will demonstrate in which ways the extreme competition between TV companies and their struggle for the top ratings has influenced the quality of TV programs. In the second chapter I will deal with "media control" and show how television can be abused by political powers
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