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Showing posts with label A2 media control international. Show all posts
Showing posts with label A2 media control international. Show all posts
Thursday, 23 August 2012
Syria's video activists give revolution the upper hand in media war
Interesting story, will help you to debate the issues on media control, particularly regarding whether the internet is loosening media companies/owners grip on information:
Here!
Here!
Sunday, 17 June 2012
Google reports 'alarming' rise in censorship by governments
Search engine company has said there has been a troubling increase in requests to remove political content from the internet
Here!
Thursday, 14 June 2012
More Media documentaries!
Watch at least the first 15 mins of 'Orwell Rolls in his Grave'. Full of fun facts about media control etc!
thoughtmaybe this website has loads of excellent stuff.
Lots of media documentaries here! such as this one Operation Saddam — America’s Propaganda War
Thursday, 31 May 2012
Private Jessica Lynch - Media control
Three videos to explain the story of Jessica Lynch as an example of government manipulation of the media.
Tuesday, 10 January 2012
The CNN Effect - A2 Mass Media
We've looked at how governments and corporations can exert influence on the mass media, haven't we? Yes, we have. You probably weren't listening though. No matter, you probably wouldn't have understood it anyway. Let us imagine though that you did listen and understand because that will allow us to look at the other side of the media control 'coin' in the 'pocket' of your 'mind', as it were.
How does the media exert influence over governments, for example? I'm sure you have your own opinions on this but please bear in mind that your opinions are at best worthless and at worst idiotic. Far better for you to read the following articles on the CNN Effect and thereby increase your knowledge and thus the validity of your opinions. Go on then!
The CNN Effect The CNN Effect and Somalia
'There is a great debate about the relationship between the news media and the foreign policy decision-making process, and the impact the former may have on the latter. Two theories have risen to explain this matter, the so-called "CNN effect" and the "manufacturing consent" thesis'. Read more here.
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Media Control - Egypt and China
Watch this, funkateers!
Last week, we returned to Tahrir Square, where the world watched Egyptians rise up for the second time since Mubarak's fall. This week we have stayed put - to make sure we chronicle media coverage of the country's first parliamentary elections in the post-Mubarak era - and to keep up with the changing landscape of the media itself, including: a state owned broadcasting powerhouse losing credibility fast; an explosion of new private channels with their own agendas; the activists still driving the revolution online; and the warnings to women reporters to stay out of Egypt that were politely ignored. Our Newsdivide this week keeps its focus on Egypt, as the country and its media undergoes transition.
In our Newsbytes this week: A cable TV operator in Pakistan threatens to drop foreign news channels airing "anti- Pakistani content" - the first in the firing line: the BBC; Julian Assange is awarded Australia's version of the Pulitzer and a DC journalist is temporarily suspended from a press club after asking a member of the Saudi royal family some uncomfortable questions.
Our feature this week: Should the state control what society wants to see? These days it seems hardly a week goes by without the authorities in Beijing issuing some new rule dealing with the media. The latest is a ban on advertising during TV dramas - the idea being to keep viewers from hitting the remote during the programme. Before that, the government announced the end of a wildly successful talent show. Among the other changes to what the government calls its 'Cultural Development Guidelines': internet companies being told to keep a closer eye on online content and journalists told they cannot report news stories found online or via phone networks without first getting official verification. Listening Post's Meenakshi Ravi reports on China's new media campaign and how the party is tightening its control over television and the web.
Last week, we returned to Tahrir Square, where the world watched Egyptians rise up for the second time since Mubarak's fall. This week we have stayed put - to make sure we chronicle media coverage of the country's first parliamentary elections in the post-Mubarak era - and to keep up with the changing landscape of the media itself, including: a state owned broadcasting powerhouse losing credibility fast; an explosion of new private channels with their own agendas; the activists still driving the revolution online; and the warnings to women reporters to stay out of Egypt that were politely ignored. Our Newsdivide this week keeps its focus on Egypt, as the country and its media undergoes transition.
In our Newsbytes this week: A cable TV operator in Pakistan threatens to drop foreign news channels airing "anti- Pakistani content" - the first in the firing line: the BBC; Julian Assange is awarded Australia's version of the Pulitzer and a DC journalist is temporarily suspended from a press club after asking a member of the Saudi royal family some uncomfortable questions.
Our feature this week: Should the state control what society wants to see? These days it seems hardly a week goes by without the authorities in Beijing issuing some new rule dealing with the media. The latest is a ban on advertising during TV dramas - the idea being to keep viewers from hitting the remote during the programme. Before that, the government announced the end of a wildly successful talent show. Among the other changes to what the government calls its 'Cultural Development Guidelines': internet companies being told to keep a closer eye on online content and journalists told they cannot report news stories found online or via phone networks without first getting official verification. Listening Post's Meenakshi Ravi reports on China's new media campaign and how the party is tightening its control over television and the web.
Thursday, 1 December 2011
Life in North Korea - BBC Documentary
Continuing my frankly bizarre obsession with North Korea, here are parts 1 and 2 of a BBC documentary called 'State of Mind'. Part 1 Part 2
And another documentary with good info on media control in 'North Korea - Suspicious Minds'
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
It's not all jackboots-crushing-your-face, famine and pitch-black darkness though, Korea has just hit the top of the pops in the corruption charts!
Weird Facts about the late Dear Leader (video!) article
And another documentary with good info on media control in 'North Korea - Suspicious Minds'
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3
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| North Korea tries to avoid detection by turning all the lights off. |
It's not all jackboots-crushing-your-face, famine and pitch-black darkness though, Korea has just hit the top of the pops in the corruption charts!
Weird Facts about the late Dear Leader (video!) article
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Media Censorship, Power and Control - DOCUMENTARY Germany's records of repression - The Stasi
Watch it here.
On August 13, 1961, 50 years ago this month, the Berlin Wall went up in Germany. This barrier divided a country, segregated families and separated friends, and its existence would cast a pall over the country for the next 20 years.
As a stark symbol of the Cold War, the wall existed in an era of fear, secrecy and heightened political tension, and those that lived in its shadow would know the painful repercussions of its hardliner policies. For what followed in the years of a divided Germany was a surveillance culture brought on by one of the largest and most feared secret service organisations in the world - the Stasi.
Founded in 1950, the Stasi was charged with keeping tabs on all the people living in East Germany, or what was then officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It compiled millions of photos, audio and video tapes, and paper files about its citizens. As a result, thousands of people were subjected to intimidation and torture by the Stasi. Many were imprisoned, while others were prevented from getting jobs or going to university. The aim was not only to thwart professional aspirations, but to destroy the personal lives of those that opposed the regime.
At its height, the Stasi had over 102,000 officers and nearly a quarter of a million of its own citizens spying on family members, neighbours and colleagues. In 1989, while the Berlin Wall crumbled, senior Stasi officials ordered the destruction of the files they had collected for over 40 years. Data gathered by the Stasi was frantically shredded to destroy evidence, but after protesters stormed the headquarters to stop the destruction, nearly 95 per cent was saved.
On August 13, 1961, 50 years ago this month, the Berlin Wall went up in Germany. This barrier divided a country, segregated families and separated friends, and its existence would cast a pall over the country for the next 20 years.
As a stark symbol of the Cold War, the wall existed in an era of fear, secrecy and heightened political tension, and those that lived in its shadow would know the painful repercussions of its hardliner policies. For what followed in the years of a divided Germany was a surveillance culture brought on by one of the largest and most feared secret service organisations in the world - the Stasi.
Founded in 1950, the Stasi was charged with keeping tabs on all the people living in East Germany, or what was then officially known as the German Democratic Republic (GDR). It compiled millions of photos, audio and video tapes, and paper files about its citizens. As a result, thousands of people were subjected to intimidation and torture by the Stasi. Many were imprisoned, while others were prevented from getting jobs or going to university. The aim was not only to thwart professional aspirations, but to destroy the personal lives of those that opposed the regime.
At its height, the Stasi had over 102,000 officers and nearly a quarter of a million of its own citizens spying on family members, neighbours and colleagues. In 1989, while the Berlin Wall crumbled, senior Stasi officials ordered the destruction of the files they had collected for over 40 years. Data gathered by the Stasi was frantically shredded to destroy evidence, but after protesters stormed the headquarters to stop the destruction, nearly 95 per cent was saved.
Saturday, 22 October 2011
Media - Propaganda in North/South Korea
'Al-Jazeera English' rocks hard, they do some interesting documentaries and also give you global weather forecasts that enable you to find out just how unbearably hot it is in Saudi Arabia at any given time. Today I am generously providing you with this link:
This is the link I'm talking about
which will take you to a documentary from their 'Listening Post' series which features reports on 'the propaganda war between the two Koreas'. That's in the second half, the first half is about the Occupy Wall St Movement which is probably also worth a look but I haven't watched that bit yet so don't come crying to me if it's no good.
This is the link I'm talking about
which will take you to a documentary from their 'Listening Post' series which features reports on 'the propaganda war between the two Koreas'. That's in the second half, the first half is about the Occupy Wall St Movement which is probably also worth a look but I haven't watched that bit yet so don't come crying to me if it's no good.
Thursday, 20 October 2011
Media Control - Broadcast Blues DOCUMENTARY
A scathing look at the state of American broadcasting today.
In a no holds barred exposé, veteran journalist Sue Wilson explains how the predominantly conservative corporations controlling talk radio are influencing American public opinion and actually changing the way we vote. She details how false and vitriolic hate campaigns are broadcast as legitimate news reports and laments the lack of government controls which should ensure radio and television broadcasters are upholding their public interest obligations.
Through a series of vignettes, Wilson shows how media policy changes, stemming from the Reagan era, have corrupted American news, information, and even public safety. She gives as a prime example, the recent Fox News court ruling that news does not have to be true.
link to short video about 'news does not have to be true' here.
Wilson says it is up to the public to hold broadcasters as well as the government regulators accountable in order to “take the media back”.
Winner of the Sacramento International Film Festival
Directed and Produced by: Sue Wilson
Part 1
Part 2
In a no holds barred exposé, veteran journalist Sue Wilson explains how the predominantly conservative corporations controlling talk radio are influencing American public opinion and actually changing the way we vote. She details how false and vitriolic hate campaigns are broadcast as legitimate news reports and laments the lack of government controls which should ensure radio and television broadcasters are upholding their public interest obligations.
Through a series of vignettes, Wilson shows how media policy changes, stemming from the Reagan era, have corrupted American news, information, and even public safety. She gives as a prime example, the recent Fox News court ruling that news does not have to be true.
link to short video about 'news does not have to be true' here.
Wilson says it is up to the public to hold broadcasters as well as the government regulators accountable in order to “take the media back”.
Winner of the Sacramento International Film Festival
Directed and Produced by: Sue Wilson
Part 1
Part 2
Media Control - Occupy Wall Street
Discussion of the media portrayal of the Occupy Wall Street Protests, implying that the coverage was heavily influenced by corporate power. All done in the first ten minutes...
Watch it here!
And here is Naomi Woolf discussing how some journalists are being stopped from reporting on the Occupy protests. Here is an article about lobbying firms offering (for money!) to spread negative propaganda about the movement.
Watch it here!
And here is Naomi Woolf discussing how some journalists are being stopped from reporting on the Occupy protests. Here is an article about lobbying firms offering (for money!) to spread negative propaganda about the movement.
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| Take that, hippies! |
Sunday, 28 August 2011
Media
Short video about the changes in Media over the last few decades
The changing place of media in everyday life
Cliff Notes on Role and Influence of Media, mainly A2 but also useful for AS
The Role and Influence of Mass Media
Short pdf on Media Ownership and Control for A2:
Media Ownership and Control
Marxist Media Theory, A2:
Marxist Media Theory
Media revision AS (for AQA but still useful info and could be useful revision for A2 as well)
Media Revision
Article on how US Military influences film making, A2
David Sirota 1
Another Sirota article about how the things we watch affect us, A2
David Sirota 2
Related to the above, pdf on Video Games and The Military Entertainment Complex, A2
Video Games
The changing place of media in everyday life
Cliff Notes on Role and Influence of Media, mainly A2 but also useful for AS
The Role and Influence of Mass Media
Short pdf on Media Ownership and Control for A2:
Media Ownership and Control
Marxist Media Theory, A2:
Marxist Media Theory
Media revision AS (for AQA but still useful info and could be useful revision for A2 as well)
Media Revision
Article on how US Military influences film making, A2
David Sirota 1
Another Sirota article about how the things we watch affect us, A2
David Sirota 2
Related to the above, pdf on Video Games and The Military Entertainment Complex, A2
Video Games
Outfoxed - Other Fox News stuff
This is a documentary about media control, useful for A2 but AS could watch it as well. Fox News, Rupert Murdoch etc.
Outfoxed
Articles about Roger Ailes, the man in charge of Fox News
Rolling Stone
Slate
Tony Blair - Godfather
Guardian Article
Outfoxed
Articles about Roger Ailes, the man in charge of Fox News
Rolling Stone
Slate
Tony Blair - Godfather
Guardian Article
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