Marxism

What did milliband argue about the ruling class

That the ruling class use the media to control society by creating a false picture of reality that presents capitalism in a positive way he argues that inequalities are presented as inevitable, justified, and effective for society and therefore the proletariat accept the value of the ruling class, despite not being in their best interest.

What did karl marx say vs what miliband said

Religion is the opium of the people, and miliband said social media is the opium of the people

What did miliband mean by media is the opium of the poeple

That it acts like a drug to numb the senses and produce an illusion of happiness that is not real, this therefore means that the media takes the proletariat attention away from the exploitation and and oppression of the capitalist system

What do marxis want people to believe about the society we live in

That its meritocratic sto continue exploiting the proletariat

What does bagdikian note

That in 1983 50 corporations controlled the majority of all news media in the usa but by 2004 media ownershio was concentrated in 7 corporations

Bagdikians finds mean that

There will be a bias in reporting

There will be a spread of similar ideology everywhere

And that they will control what people are exposed to.

What did curran find evidence of

Owners directly manipulating media content. In the middle of the 20th century press barons were quite open about their propaganda role abd also that there have been a lot of conservative supporting newspapers which reflects them serving the interest of their wealthy owners.

Whats an example of currans findings

Rupert murdoch, politicians believe that ,media moguls have a great deal of control over media content snc so they cooperate with them to have their support

What does doyle suggest

That the examination of ownership and control patterns is important for two reasons

1) all points of view need to be heard to be truly democratic

2) abuses of powers and influence by elites need to be monitored by a free media

Whos study supports doyels study

Bagdikian