In their 1988 book Manufacturing Consent The Political Economy of the Mass Media, linguistics philosopher Noam Chomsky, alongside media analyst and professor Edward S. Herman, developed what is now known as the “Propaganda Model”. In the book, Herman and Chomsky analyse what they believe to be the function of the mass media, and evaluate how and why the media performs such functions. In chapter 1, they declare that the media is a system for communicating messages to the general population, and assert
economy of mass media has been one of the main topics of political communication studies. According to Mosco political economy can be identified as “the study of control and survival in social life”. He clarifies what he means by indicating “control” and “survival” by giving such definitions. Control refers to “a political process” that molds the social life, and survival here points to “process of production and re-production” (Mosco, 2008). Particularly, the political economy of media also examines
upbringing. Media practitioners are constantly faced with the dilemma of ethics in the sense that they may be requested to write a story that may conflict with their ethical views. Media ethics are focused on actions that are morally acceptable and those that are not. They help media practitioners in deciphering moral dilemmas. Not only has the technology age seen the rise of citizen journalism but it has also given new ways in which individuals can express their opinion. The media does its best
Images have always been central stage to human communities and that is because they have the ability to shock or confront you in split seconds. Visual Culture talks about two theories representation, which refers to an individual utilizing the language and images to understand and make meaning out of their surroundings. The other is semiotics, which in general terms is the study of signs and symbol to understand the symbolic meaning behind them. An image always contain some degree of choice this
Statement Media is a communication in written, broadcast, or spoken way where large audience can be easily reached("The Role and Influence of Mass Media", 2016). The message is delivered through media tools like newspaper, television, radio broadcast, magazines, advertisement, the internet, and many more. It is a significant force in modern culture, slowly changing from the wants to the needs of the daily life in this generation. Sociologists refer to this as a mediated culture where media reflects
professionalism, as outlined in Comparing Media Systems: Three Models of Media and Politics (Hallin & Mancini, 2004) to understand the difference of their professionalization levels according to the chosen characteristics. The task includes a thorough analysis on dimensions of professionalization of both countries, one from the western and other from non-western worlds, followed up with the discussion part to provide relevant conclusions in respect to the theory provided by Hallin & Mancini (2004).
Introduction Propaganda remains a relatively unformed concepts despite the fact that it was defined by many scientists with different ways. This is reflected in the uncertainty and absence of agreement between several ways used to explain the phenomenon. But still some aspects of propaganda can be studied without unconditional agreement in political and other sciences. Propaganda in many cases is associated with a distortion of the truth and such expressions as ‘brainwash’, ‘lie’, ‘manipulation’
The special historic and social-economic background of Hong Kong forms its own identity, which is different from other regions like mainland China, and makes it a specific imagined community, which is accord with Benedict Anderson’s theory of imagined community. Whereas, it is under discussion whether since the reunification in 1997, Hong Kong has been gradually transformed into a part of China in terms of culture and identity and, thus, will no longer be a separated imagined community in the future
Introduction Mass media has been an inseparable part of human lives since its emergence in the early 1900s. All forms of media from printed, broadcast and online media have become the source of information and set various trends over the centuries for people around the world. Luhmann (2000) in The Chicago School of Media Theory (2017) stated that mass media are “those institutions which make use of copying technologies to disseminate communication.” Consciously or not, none is able to deny that media have influenced
analysis coherently, in Chapter 1 I will consider the construction of maternal instinct in Western society through dominant discourse, and the support given by psychoanalytic theories to the institutionalisation of ‘natural’ patterns of mothering. Subsequently, I will investigate the traditional representations of ‘bad’ mothers in media discourse, popular culture and literature. Using this framework as a starting point, Chapter 2 will look at the portrayal of abusive mothers described from the daughter’s