Studies

• Miliband

  • "new opium of the people"
  • The media takes attention away from the proletariat exploitation and oppression due to the capitalist system.
  • Ruling class use the media to control society and portraying capitalism in a positive way.
  • inequalities are presented as inevitable and justifiable so the proletariat except the ruling class ideologies.
• Curran

  • Owners of the media directly manipulate media content
  • press barons are open about their propagandist role
  • Mostly conservative supporting which is in line with the bourgeoise
  • Rupert Murdock owns most of the media
  • MPs try to get on the right side of Rupert Murdock suggesting that the moguls have a great deal of control over the media to present their political view.
• Bagdikian

  • Companies controlling the mass media has shrunk from 50-7 corporations.
  • limited, bias views
  • mostly views of the ruling class
  • reinforcing capitalism
• Doyle 


  examining the ownership and control patterns are important:

  • All points need to be heard for society to be truly democratic
  • Abuses power and the influences of elites needs to be monitored by free media

  The concentration of media ownership is dangerous and unhealthy as it could make or break political careers and have an influence on public opinion.