Marxist Explanations Of Media Representations

Question 1

Who is Marx?

Answer 1

believed there was only 2 social class groups, ruling and working class, CASE STUDY: Urban Outfiters,

Question 2

Milliband

Answer 2

Ruling class use media to control society by creating a false picture of reality, ‘new opium of the people’, media has replaced religion, institutions act as drug to numb senses and produce an illusion

Question 3

Bagdikian

Answer 3

1983 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the USA, 2004 media ownership was concentrated in 7 corporations

Question 4

Curran

Answer 4

Owners directly manipulating media content, Media Example: Rupert Murdoch being the obvious example.

Question 5

Doyle

Answer 5

Too much concentration of media ownership it’s dangerous and unhealthy because the media (ave the power to make or break political careers, all points of view need to be heard if society is to be truly democratic and abuses of power and influence by elites need to be monitored by a free media