marxists views of media rep

Question 1

key words

Answer 1

. REVOLUTION - Marx believes we’d
form into a communist society
. FALSE CLASS CONSCIOUSNESS -
feeding the proletariat false ideas
about their potential in the work
place to be able to continue
exploiting them
. RULING CLASS IDEOLOGIES - ideas
generated by the ruling class, fed
to the working class
. ALIENATION -

Question 2

MILIBAND

Answer 2

> media creates a false picture of
reality that presents capitalism in
a positive way
inequalities are presented as
inevitable, justifiable + effective
media is ‘the new opium of the
people’
media has replaced religion -
institutions act like a drug
proletariats attention away from
real exploitation + oppression of
capitalist (low pay + 0 hr contract)

Question 3

BAGDIKIAN

Answer 3

> 1983 - 50 corporations controlled
the vast majority of all
news media (US)
2004 - media ownership was
concentrated in 7
corporations
poses an issue because we’re only limited to one viewpoint

Question 4

CURRAN

Answer 4

> owners directly manipulating
media content
a lot more conservative supporting newspapers - serving interests of their wealthy owners
RUPERT MURDOCH:
owns - the Sun, the Times, Fox
news etc
politicians are guilty to buddying
up with him to have positive
press

Question 5

DOYLE

Answer 5

> all points of view need to be heard
if society is to be truly democratic
abuses of power + influence by
elites need to be monitored by a
free media - not politically
influenced
e.g. political opinions off of twitter
+ tik tok - still owned by the
bourgeoisie so there’s no true
free media