What are the problems with 'big media' according to Free Press?
What are the problems with 'big media' according to Free Press?
On Free Press's about page it states that government officials and corporations have made corrupt media policy behind closed doors which have led to runaway media consolidation.Which as a result has lead to to corporate control over print media, broadcasting stations, radio dial and the Internet.
Furthermore from navigating the site Free press has listed why Rupert Murdoch shouldn't be allowed to control more media.
Two significant points is number 2 and number 4, "it will make our media less diverse" and "it will mean less news".
According to Free press with more media monopolies this means less viewpoints inking in with point 2, the viewpoints in our media will become less diverse as we only receive the one viewpoint from the companies which own the most media. Point 4 explains that with less competition this could mean less media coverage which could potentially mean less journalism and less staff and less Jobs in the media industry as according to Free press's media consolidation post.
The video below is a talk by Bill Moyer's which was sponsored by Free press concerning the problems with big media. Moyer's states that as Media ownership is more concentrated fewer independent media sources survive;those that do survive struggle as they face financial and political pressure to reduce critical news content and shift their focus more towards more mainstream news. According to Moyer all information that we consume outside of our personal communication is determined by the interests of investors that seek to make profit rather than perform the public service of informing people. He goes on to say that these companies are generating a form of censorship of knowledge via the monopolisation of the means of information. Meaning these companies pick and choose information which will be in their best interests whilst we as a mass audience miss out on a wide range of information.
On Free Press's about page it states that government officials and corporations have made corrupt media policy behind closed doors which have led to runaway media consolidation.Which as a result has lead to to corporate control over print media, broadcasting stations, radio dial and the Internet.Furthermore from navigating the site Free press has listed why Rupert Murdoch shouldn't be allowed to control more media.
Two significant points is number 2 and number 4, "it will make our media less diverse" and "it will mean less news".
According to Free press with more media monopolies this means less viewpoints inking in with point 2, the viewpoints in our media will become less diverse as we only receive the one viewpoint from the companies which own the most media. Point 4 explains that with less competition this could mean less media coverage which could potentially mean less journalism and less staff and less Jobs in the media industry as according to Free press's media consolidation post.
The video below is a talk by Bill Moyer's which was sponsored by Free press concerning the problems with big media. Moyer's states that as Media ownership is more concentrated fewer independent media sources survive;those that do survive struggle as they face financial and political pressure to reduce critical news content and shift their focus more towards more mainstream news. According to Moyer all information that we consume outside of our personal communication is determined by the interests of investors that seek to make profit rather than perform the public service of informing people. He goes on to say that these companies are generating a form of censorship of knowledge via the monopolisation of the means of information. Meaning these companies pick and choose information which will be in their best interests whilst we as a mass audience miss out on a wide range of information.
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