Political And Media Systems And Ownership Practices

In my artistic work, I decided to pursue and address an issue that stands out to me because of its lack of media representation in America during an era where media is more obtainable than ever. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is rarely reported in mainstream media in the United States. Instead, topics such as celebrity gossip dominate headlines and it’s tragic to me; the Kardashians are mentioned more in the news than West Bank or Gaza combined. The people in Palestine have no voice in America and yet America is the perpetrator of their injustice. How can we, as Americans, face our own mistakes if we aren’t even aware that we’re making them? We boast that “all men are created equal” when we tell Palestinians everyday that Israelis deserve

In this chapter Todd Schaffer explores how US and African newspapers framed the US embassy bombings and the events that occurred on September 11th, 2001. He used a comparative framework to analyze how different newspapers framed the events in their perspective countries. The study focused on two events. On august 7, 1998 truck bombs exploded minutes apart from each other outside of American embassies in several African countries. The other event was the terrorist attack that occurred in New York city on September 11th, 2001. The findings demonstrate that terrorism news, like other genres, are colored and framed to match the local culture and ideals. There were also signs that when foreign events are interpreted and framed, they often carry

Justice J.N. Ray, the Chairman of Press Council of India also said recently that the media activities in the country is deviating from values and compromising with the market forces. Generally speaking, media is the mirror of the society. It should reflect the problems and needs of the society. Social commitment is giving path to commercial concerns now-a-days. Globalisation and modernisation are the straw that broke the camel’s back. The primary place of news is losing. Advertisement and entertainment come to that place.

Rendell, Hart and Hollar have said broadcasting the truth can improve the world, while news that twists or denies realities of our existence can have momentous consequences. We believe this concept and to demonstrate it we have complied 3 major news stories since the year 2000 that have had a major impact on our society both nationally and internationally – and both for better or for worse. These three examples are not meant to be a collection of the most historic stories of the past 12 years; but rather to demonstrate the power the media holds. It’s no secret that journalism is under attack in a myriad of ways; particularly the notion that it deserves to exist as a governmental watchdog. Another river has feed into this

Goodman begins his article with an attention-grabbing statistic about the substantial drop of foreign correspondents. As he said, in 2003 the number of foreign correspondents employed by American newspapers was 307, while in 2011 the number decreased to a whopping 234. His use of logos gives his argument credibility. Furthermore, he also reveals that the space devoted to foreign news on papers has declined by 53 percent over the previous quarter century. The consistency and relation of the statistics

The framing techniques that media utilizes can be telling of the source of the reporting and can also be beneficial in discerning public opinion on domestic and foreign affairs. What the media reports on as well as how they present their reports are often consistent with their host countries interests, but it is my belief that differences occur when reporting on similar issues in foreign countries. The goal of this research is to discover how media frame stories differently with respect to geography, and to unearth possible patterns and themes in framing while exposing and explaining any anomalies. This leads to the main question of how do media outlets adjust their framing when reporting on domestic versus international protests? In short, what role does proximity play in framing strategies? Protests are a type of political discourse and demonstration that are not unique to any region or country, even though their subject matter may be. In the following study, I will analyze existing research to focus on protests and movements such as the Occupy movement, Gezi protests, Arab Spring,

It is without a doubt that the Globalisation of the media has increased our access to information about people and events around the world. However, during the process it has also shifted issues on what should or should not be in the public domain due to media ownership led by Western media corporations. The media shape is reconstructing itself, forming a singular global body playing an essential part in our democracy socially, politically, economically and culturally. Due to this, the effects of globalisation towards Journalism have become very debatable to whether it is benefiting the practice of journalism or hindering it. During the course of this essay, it will explore the affect globalisation has on the media (especially journalism), the affect of media ownership and how new technologies have influenced journalism.

Though the terms like ‘cultural imperialism’ and ‘cultural diplomacy’ are relatively young, and are mostly word combinations to define political phenomena, they are often considered as violent ways to conduct propaganda works. The aim of cultural imperialism or cultural mediation is not limited to formation of political organization or taking certain decisions relating to financial problems; it has a larger purpose of spreading ideologies among the third world countries. New age, age of globalisation, age of powerful mass communications has opened new doors for publicity. A man grasps certain things from TV each day; the material picked by columnists and journalists has turned out to be a flood of informations. It is [TV] the pivotal wellspring of data about the outside world. Naturally, if even journalists have no enough time for understanding of the information, what trusts might be in normal onlooker to translate these informations effectively? Television is a vigorously selected interpretation of events. In the flood of the information an onlooker managed by his own prejudiced notions and morals try to build from those stream of information a picture of his very own world. Individuals get the opportunity to know numerous things without actually learning anything.

In a contemporary society, the role of journalism is a varied one that covers many different aspects of people’s lives. As more and more outlets spring up around the world, many more stories are able to be covered by different outlets, and this means that journalism takes on a more and more important role in a contemporary society. Much of our lives centre on political and social happenings, and journalistic outlets are the public’s way of finding all the information on these event. Journalism also provides us with a way of finding out which of these stories are important and deserve our attention, and which stories can be ignored. The important role of journalism can be well observed in the recent coverage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in both New Zealand and around the world. This is a ground breaking economic deal, and holds a great deal of importance for the 800 million citizens of the countries involved, as well as the rest of the world. With worldwide coverage of this deal, it is inevitable that different types of reporting occurs, and that different outlets will provide different accounts. With so many different journalism outlets around the world and locally, many have to have a way of standing out from the crowd. This means that some extremely different coverage of very similar stories can occur. However it can also simply be down to different ownership, differing political views, and different socio-economic environments. Two outlets with

This form of new media is advantageous for political reporting in that news is not limited to one county, but can travel worldwide. In turn, this leads the public to become more knowledgeable over international affairs. In contrast, others may argue that global communication has not developed evenly worldwide, with richer countries being at an advantage over the poorer. Hamelink found that there is an information imbalance with a “great proportion of the world at a serious disadvantage, rendering it susceptible to exploitation and manipulation.” (Watson, 1998, p.227-228) Consequently, this raises an issue of how available news sources actually are to other countries and although ‘richer’ nations are aware of international affairs, ‘poorer’ nations are in affect left out of the loop and therefore become more susceptible to believing inaccurate reports. Furthermore, with the increased invention of technologies such as the internet, there is therefore, a faster communication rate allowing information to be delivered to individuals around the world. However, there is room for debate as to whether global media may in fact, run the risk of leaking inaccurate reports, causing the quality of political reporting to be questioned in the future. This, in turn, may jeopardise political relationships between countries.

Kane is not alone. A number of governments frame the news to control how their citizens read the world. Propaganda films and firewalls alike allow the state to manufacture its own narrative in the context of global affairs. In democratic nations alike, yellow journalism tactics have mutated to adapt to today’s media channels, social media and traditional

In this era of globalization, news reporting is no longer just a means of communications, but it has also developed into a tool for change. Prominent journalists like Julian Assange, Nick Davies, Sir Charles Wheeler and many more has changed the landscape and outcomes of information, war and news reporting itself. But Martin Bell has challenged the fundamentals of journalism that is to be balanced and impartial with what he calls ‘Journalism of Attachment’. He even coined the phrase, ‘bystanders’ journalism’ for continuing the tradition of being distant and detached (Bell 1997), which he criticizes “for focusing with the circumstances of violence, such as military formations, weapons, strategies, maneuvers and tactics” (Gilboa 2009, p.

By virtue of this myth or rationale, media companies are respected as patrons of the institution of news. Knut Helland describes the network of institutional linkages surrounding news media, as follows: “It is in the tension between performing idealized societal functions and serving up attractive products on the market that news reporting evolves as productional practices, as texts and as objects of interpretation“ (Helland 1999:189). In an institutional perspective journalism cannot be considered a uniform or monolithic force or collective player. Institutions are complex and allow room for conflicting interpretations, priorities and solutions. How news companies and news desks perform their ‘custodial’ role in practice depends on numerous factors, e.g., the economic resources at their disposal and their relations to multiple markets: the stock market, advertising, the information market and users.

Zee Telefilms (IA 8185/2003 in Suit No. 1543/2003 dated 24.1.2005) aptly describe the state of affairs of today’s media. He says that journalism and ethics stand apart. While journalists are distinctive facilitators for the democratic process to function without hindrance the media has to follow the virtues of ‘accuracy, honesty, truth, objectivity, fairness, balanced reporting, respect or autonomy of ordinary people’. These are all part of the democratic process. But practical considerations, namely, pursuit of successful career, promotion to be obtained, compulsion of meeting deadlines and satisfying Media Managers by meeting growth targets, are recognized as factors for the ‘temptation to print trivial stories salaciously presented’. In the temptation to sell stories, what is presented is what ‘public is interested in’ rather than ‘what is in public interest’.

Media play an essential task in intensifying awareness in all people about human affairs in a society. The right to freedom in article 19 of the Constitution of India guarantees the freedom of speech and expression, as one of six freedoms. Although article 19 does not expressly provide for freedom of press, the fundamental right of the freedom of press is implied in the right to freedom of speech and expression. The media being in the vocation of gathering and circulating information is supposed to hold dominant position, a position that makes it very responsible and answerable to public at large. This implies that several moral customs are vital to an appropriate working of journalists and media practitioners. The gathering of information