media

• Media Concentration


  The gathering of ownership of newspapers and other media in the hands of a few large corporations.
• Global Conglomerates


  Key companies or individuals who own large amounts of the media
• Horizontal Integration


  Buying multiple different businesses that are all similar - e.g Facebook buying Instagram
• Vertical Integration


  Buying all steps of the process - E.g Newscorp also buying the printing companies
• Rupert Murdoch


  The owner of global company NewsCorp
• Lords of the Global Village
• Technological Convergence


  All technological functions are applied to one device. For example smartphones now act as: cameras, music players, can access the internet
• Laws of Libel


  Not being able to make false statements that may be detremental to an individuals reputation.
• The Official Secrets Act

  Government secrets can not be shared without consent- case study: Julian Assage, Wikileaks
• The Racial and Religious Hatred Act /Equality Act


  An act preventing people from discriminating against others due race and religion
• The Obscene Publications Act

  Not allowed to publish vulgar or inappropriate content.
• Contempt of Court Provision

  An ongoing court case can not be commented on or spread into the media.
• Defence Advisory Notice
• Wikileaks Scandal


  Julian Assage, spilled secret government information on his popular website.
• Video Recording Act


  All videos and Films are given a classification such as U, PG, 12A ,18
• British Board of Film Classification


  This helps decide on the rating given to films and music videos. e.g u,pg, 12a, 18
• OfCom


  Office of Communications
• The BBC


  British Broadcasting Corporation
• Independent Broadcasting
• Independent Press Standards Organisation
• Manipulative Approach


  Another name for the Marxist approach.
• Media Ownership


  All owned by the upper classes, most of the media is owned by white males.
• Agent of Ideological Control

  What Marxist sociologists call:

  Religion,

  Family,

  Peers

  Workplace

  Education

  Media
• Propoganda


  Trying to "brainwash" populations to think a certain way - e.g Hitler's propoganda films.
• Pro Capitalist Agenda
• Censorship


  Only showing certain topics or perspectives in the media- e.g Fox News cuts people off.
• Myth of Meritocracy


  The Marxist idea that society is not meritocratic. The upper classes will always achieve more than working class regardless of ability
• Commodity


  Something you buy
• Commodity Fetishism


  The idea that people love to buy things.
• Meritocratic Society


  A society in which everyone had the potential to achieve equally if they try.
• Homogenous Audiences


  All audiences are the same with the same interests and opinions.
• Heterogenous Audiences


  Audiences are different and do not have the same opinions or interests.
• Active Audiences


  Audiences can consciously choose what media they are influenced by.
• Passive Audience


  Audiences are injected with ideas from the media and can not change this.
• Diverse Audiences


  There are a wide range of audiences.
• Democratic Society


  A society in which everyone had a right to vote.
• Subjective


  One sided, bias
• Objective


  Looking at something from all angles, unbiased.
• Agenda Setting
• Hegemony


  Domination over others