politics of the media
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Politics of the Media. [email protected]. Growing Up. Political Socialization; how we acquire attitudes towards politics Family Peers Religion. Education. Like the family, education is hierarchical in structure - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Growing Up• Political Socialization; how we
acquire attitudes towards politics
• Family• Peers• Religion
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Education• Like the family, education is
hierarchical in structure• As an obvious source of
social control, the state watches over the school system with vigilance
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Advertising• Although most of our
advertisements promote a product, they generally subscribe to the ethos of free-market capitalism
• Political parties are now investing enormous funds to sell themselves to voters
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The Press• 13 million newspapers a week• Broadsheets• Tabloids• Serious weeklies• Major newspapers are
national, providing uniformity of view and centre on London
• Provincial dailies are in decline
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Partisanship• Freedom of the press is held
to be a major characteristic of the liberal state
• Newspaper industry is part of ‘big business’
• Only in times of crisis does the state overtly demand that the press become its instrument
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Partisanship• Our newspapers have a
strong political bias• Traditionally they have
favoured the Conservative Party and the right of the Labour Party
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Profit• Maximise profit• Appeal to mass readership
ensures stories featuring sensationalism, trivialisation
• Racism• Jingoism (chauvinistic militarism)• Celebrity stories• Tabloid coverage focuses on
immediate events rather than background analysis
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Press Barons• The Press, a neo-liberal
Establishment• Press Barons regularly
recognised by elevation to the peerage
• Newspaper owners exercise editorial control
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Journalists• Usually from middle and
upper-middle class backgrounds
• Good journalists will get to know leading figures in business and politics
• Few journalists would be willing to ‘bite the hands’ of those who can give them information
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Television• We watch 21 hours of
television each week• Television has become the
organ of a truly mass culture and is the principal means of informing perceptions of the political world
• Power of television is recognised both by politicians and the advertising industry
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Regulatory Bodies • British Broadcasting
Corporation (BBC)• Independent Television
Commission (ITC)• Class bias in news
programmes• Points of view tend to fit
within a consensus acceptable to the Establishment
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Political Interference• Both the BBC and ITC boards
of governors are appointed by the government
• Each board delegates day to day operations to a Director General
• Some journalists aim for a more robust style, but they can come under attack
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Media/Internet Today we are looking at two
competing forces in the evolution of a new society; neo-liberal globalization, and an information technology revolution
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On-line • In mid-February, 2003,
millions of people marched in cities across the world in protest of the war in Iraq
• A stunning example of what networked global civil society is capable of: online organizing leading to massive offline direct action
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Seminar • Look up information about
Press Baron Rupert Murdoch• Discuss Murdoch’s upbringing
and his political values• How do you think Murdoch
has influenced the outcome of elections in Great Britain
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Press Baron Profile• Rupert Murdoch, Born 1931• Known to have conservative
views, but strong supporter of Tony Blair – “Who Blairs Win”
• Pomotes a free enterprise culture
• Disapproves of Britain joining the euro