Sociology 2191A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: State Media, Sexualization, Job Security
20 Mar 2016
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Print media: words and images printed on paper newspapers, magazines, books, trading cards etc. 5 goals that drive/determine media content: making profit; dominant interest in privately owned media, shaping values, providing a public service, building their own reputations, expressing themselves in technical, artistic or personal ways. State controlled media focuses on #2 and #3. Combines both private/commercial forms with a modified form of state-funded media. Provides ready access to us commercial and public tv. All media (private and public) is regulated by the canadian radio-television and. Media often serves the interests of those who have power and wealth in society. Capitalist corporations sponsor nearly 100% of all sports programing in the media. Their goal: create consumers loyal to capitalism and generate profit for corporations and their shareholders. Online gambling: provinces have jurisdiction over it: horse racing: only legal sport you may do this with.
