Write an essay on the following essay question: There is nothing wrong with the current liberal (corporate) model of the media (e.g. as seen in the UK and US) – discuss.
Essay question
There is nothing wrong with the current liberal (corporate) model of the media (e.g. as seen in the UK and US) – discuss.
Main ideas.
Most of the media in UK and US are owned by large corporations, that push certain narratives that correspond with their political agenda. In my opinion this is a problem because as a result of that people see the distorted reality. Media should not be connected with politics. However corporate media model is a profit-making organization and being involved in politics makes profits skyrocket. Media that support certain parties are becoming less objective and reliable. Thus, corporate media doesn’t benefit society in any way, only brings propaganda, hidden behind large media sources no one wants to question.
Herman- Chomsky created so called propaganda model , that argues that when the corporate media is owned by the ones on power and serves as propaganda, which they can benefit from
Useful cases of corporate media propaganda
https://www.globalissues.org/article/162/some-examples – some examples can be used from here, especially environmental one and the one about military industrial complex. ( because I fell like they are the most influential on the worldwide and national scale)
- Murdoch’s newspaper sun and its influence on UK elections. (Candidates who appeal to Mr. Murdoch win, candidates that don’t-don’t. He, as an owner of a very popular newspaper has power to form the perception of the reality of the readers)
Those are my suggestions that I hope will make your work easier ))
