Media War Coverage

In the documentary “Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch’s War On Journalism”, Fox News began as a seemingly innocent, right-winged, news channel, with the slogan “We Report. You Decide.” However, as time moved on from the first airing of the news channel, it was as if Fox had followed a more biased and corrupted route than what had been proposed. It primarily discusses how Fox News, and perhaps other popular media news outlets, have begun to actively misinform their viewers for personal or business gain. Originally, Rupert Murdoch, a news corporation CEO, was deemed as the overall instructor of what was to be represented on the Fox outlet. However, at the time of his ownership, the news outlet was said to have had “zero news value.” Therefore, as Roger Ailes, a former media strategist for several Republican presidential campaigns, joined, and inevitably took over the channel, Fox News began to “evolve” into something called “fair and balanced” news reporting. Unfortunately, “fair and balanced” was far from the truth. In fact, after several examinations performed by both journalists and former Fox News contributors, it was discovered Fox News had been continuously using sinister tricks, such as

Yahoo News, Huffington Post, CNN, Fox News, and Buzzfeed; these are some of the most popular sites today for current news on world events. But what if there was a newspaper for everything trending online? Cue Reddit, the Front Page of the Internet. Reddit shares many of the same attributes as online news with its timely and interactive content; however, its goal is not to deliver objective facts but to rank information by how interesting it is. Many successful websites require an equal balance of ethos, pathos, and logos to generate traffic. Reddit is unique in that its success comes almost exclusively from its use of pathos to keep a loyal user base.

We live in a society that has compromised and diluted our so called “free will.” Everything that we do, say, and buy has been motivated and influenced by the media and what our world has deemed adequate and acceptable. Some of what is portrayed to us by the media is obvious, but often, companies use covert tactics to manipulate us into becoming the optimal consumers, those who will buy what we are told, despite whether or not need or even want the products that are being displayed to us. One of the brilliant tactics used by corporations is called subliminal messaging. Webster’s Dictionary defines the word subliminal as, “Relating to things that influence your mind in a way that you do not notice.” (1) Subliminal advertising is a means of

Everyone sat, with eyes wide open, staring at the tv, wondering what 's going on. Everyone calling everyone asking if they are ok and what 's going on. No one knew but tv broadcasts said that a deadly virus has broke out in Washington. The broadcast explains that the virus is turning people to zombies and then the zombies have been infecting people by eating them. Suddenly a fence is ripped apart by zombies behind the broadcast, the zombies start heading towards the broadcast people. The women speaking says, “may God be with us all” and then the broadcast abruptly cancels. We all know what has happened and that we need to prepare ourselves.

The media has perpetually influenced politics, for example, during the 2016 election, 91 percent of Americans learned information about the election from eleven various media sources. As it is evident that the media increases knowledge about multiple candidates and political parties throughout the country, within those sources, individualistic opinions and biases cloud the accurate information of what occurs. Although the press may be expanding awareness about the government and policy issues, it is not continuously precise. Recently the media has been utilized to manipulate and portray several images about our government and various political matters. The news is known to influence and shape the opinions of American citizens. Any form of

Ethnic conflict and civil war is a recurrent phenomena affecting many countries in Africa, and has been ignored, oversimplified and overlooked by majority of the Western world. Despite the decades of conflict, and loss of life, when the media does cover conflict in Africa, the damage has already been done. For an example, the awareness regarding the Rwandan Crisis was very delayed and action was taken too late, causing the deaths of thousands of lives.

Media plays a significant role in controlling societies thoughts, actions and beliefs through complex messages and conventions. From the moment we’re able to see, think and understand, we interpret these messages and conventions instinctively. These in tern quite literally shape the way we think, view or perceive stereotypes– or in other words “contextualize” us. An example of this is evident in Figure 1, which depicts two infant males, one Caucasian and one with an assumed African heritage. There are a number obvious differences, the Caucasian child has red cheeks and golden locks whilst it’s clear that the African child’s skin tone has been darkened whilst his

When the White House felt a retraction was not enough because so much harm had already been done, the media got extremely upset with the White House, due to the pressure they were putting on the publication (52-53). Begala agrees with Hewitt that the media has a bias, but argues that it is a liberal bias. He cites the media's obsession with the Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal and how, "Even when Clinton was leaving office, he was hounded and pounded by the press" (199). He argues the news coverage was unfair, brutal and unethical in the way both Bill and Hillary Clinton were treated during the scandal (200). Begala also says Al Gore was treated very poorly by the press during the election, by being misquoted. Gore made major contributions during the early phases of the internet and made a comment on CNN saying he "took the initiative in creating the Internet." Begala argues this was blown out of proportion and more than a thousand articles have been written quoting Gore saying he said he "invented the internet" (202). The people's perception that certain publications are bias can have a negative affect on journalists as a whole. While the public demands that the press question politicians, Robinson says there is public discontent when bad news is reported due to the publics distrust in news and a "kill the messenger syndrome." At times, the public will assume all media is the same and when one publication is guilty of inaccurate or bias

According to David Held and colleagues, 1999, there are five major shifts that have contributed to bringing about the global media order. The first of these five shifts is the increasing concentration of ownership. This means that the global media is now dominated by a small number of powerful, centralized media conglomerates. Sociological theories of the various forms of the media shows us that they can never be assumed to be politically neutral or socially beneficial. For many people the key problem is the increasing concentration of ownership of different types of media within large conglomerates that have come to be known as super companies. Many of the vast media conglomerates have gone on to form media empires which control the flow of information across the world. Some of these media empires are Time Warner, ABC/Disney, and Viacom. The idea of media super companies is one that creates discomfort for many, and not one which people should aspire to. Where enthusiasts see a dream, critics see a nightmare. As media corporations become even more concentrated, centralized, and global in their reach, there is reason to be concerned that the important role of the media as a forum for free speech, expression, and debate will be curtailed. A single company that controls both the content, as well as the means of distribution is in a position of great power. It can promote its own material, exercise self-censorship, and even cross endorse products within its own empire at the

Political economy media theory identifies a socially critical approach that focuses primarily on the relationship between the economic structure and political force in media industries and the ideological content of the media outputs. China has a very special situation of the political interference which are much serious than other kinds of countries. In western capitalist countries, the media is defined as a separate news outlet with legally press freedom approval by the government and formal institution that are independent from the state. Thus one of the most obvious characters of the western media is press libertarian. (Reference)However, in China, under the control by the Chinese Communist Party, the media organs are the first and

Modern media coverage - the main means of mass communication - gives us news from around the globe, allowing us to develop an informed understanding of the world and its issues. Armed Conflict and tension between the world’s countries has only become more vehement, which has lead to an onslaught of media coverage, orchestrated by countries on either side of the conflicts, as well as countries that are regarded as outsiders. Information about these conflicts can be propagated by a myriad of different sources, which often besmirch its reliability by having a subjective stance. The biased viewpoints of this type of coverage can influence

TV Journalism has been degraded to the point in which true factual and informative reporting free of bias has been replaced with short news bytes centered and focused on its entertainment value alone. Within the political process, this has mostly served as a disservice to both politicians and the general public audience.

Mass media coverage, which is most common in developed nations, has been a key benefactor that plays a significant role in the modern world by broadcasting information quickly. A poll conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and Press found in the United States that television ranks number one as the leading source of daily news followed by newspapers, radio, and the internet. Knowledge has never been so easily accessible than it is now, with the latest news being available to us, whenever and usually wherever. An unforeseen consequence looms over us because of this convenience. The media’s extensiveness is so great that it inevitably bears certain problems such as reporting inadequate information or creating bias. As a society, we should rethink some opinions and investigate numerous perspectives before making judgments in order to avoid prejudice.

The world of Mass Media is a complicated place as told by former TV and Radio reporter, Al Meyers. “You never know what you’re going to be doing, but then there’s the ability to be able to do it and to share that with the people who are listening.” Meyers, who is retired, gave me the pleasure of sitting down and talking to me about the world of Mass Media Communication, then and now.

As of today, October 25, 2016, the baseball world series has started. Thousands upon thousands of eager baseball fans will tune in to watch the historic confrontation between the Chicago Cubs and the Cleveland Indians, and even more will watch the game on the internet or at a restaurant. Yet most people who watch the game will not fully appreciate what is happening behind the scenes, as hundreds of cameramen, directors, and other members of the TV crews work for days on end to provide the best experience for viewers. The whole of modern televised media relies on a host of different professions, most of which are completely absent from the mind of the average television viewer. Some jobs are more glamorous than others;