Communication Studies A100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Freedom Of The Press
28 Dec 2020
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Media focuses on the consolidation of the status quo. Makes people believe this is how things are naturally and they"re not going to change. Flourishes because of freedom cast in individualistic terms. Big economic growth leads to id of human choice -> human freedom. Claims that the president is not neutral because he is influenced by special interest groups. Claims that the fbi is not neutral because they are used corruptively. Claims they can"t be neutral because they are businesses interested in profit. Claims it"s not neutral because it receives pressure in the form of funding for its research. The mind managers make us believe that our human nature is stable. Myth of the absence of social conflict. The media wants us to believe that there is an absence of social conflict in the world. Proof: mass media embracing violence, but not social conflict. We appear to have choice, but without diversity, it just creates the illusion of choice.
