media, power, & culture
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MEDIA, POWER, & CULTUREJMC 20001Spring 2012
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AN OVERVIEW
First Amendment MPC
Media Power Culture
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THE FIRST AMENDMENTCongress shall make no law respecting:
an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble, and to petition the Government for a
redress of grievances.
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CULTURE
The symbols we use to give order to our lives and to express our values
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EFFECTS OF CULTURE Liberating
Provides us with useful guidelines for behavior Can help us make meaningful decisions about right
and wrong, appropriate and inappropriate, good and bad, attractive and unattractive, etc.
Limiting Unwilling or unable to move past patterned, repetitive
ways of thinking, feeling or acting
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CULTURAL SYMBOLS
• Fashion• Music• Sports• Architectur
e• Religion• Media• Customs• Etc.
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MEDIA
the vehicles that produce and deliver many of those cultural expressions to large, distant audiences
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MEDIA Books Newspaper
s Magazines Radio Recordings Movies TV Internet
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POWER The power the media have The powers that shape media decisions The power of the audience (us)
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POWER THE MEDIA HAVE Shape our values and opinions Influence what we think about Influence how we spend our time
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POWERS THAT SHAPE MEDIA DECISIONS Profit Concentration of Ownership Technology
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POWER THE AUDIENCE HAS Don’t read, buy, watch, listen Educate ourselves about how media
work Think critically about media messages Be an activist Spread opinions Reach our own mass audiences
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GOAL To obtain media literacy by
understanding:• message form• difference between message and messenger• the motivation for a message• the limitations of the media• the traditions of the media• popular myths about the media