CMN 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pentagon
30 Jan 2017
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Objectives of this class is to answer these questions: Controls our knowledge by choosing what we see. People make up their minds/opinions from what they see on the media. Specific catastrophic events give power to the media. No one can impact you the way media does. Peers are influential, but maybe not as much. The government. (military could be more powerful than government) The media doesn"t only manipulate our views on reality, but it influences us to take action for a false reality. In his 2000 holding the media accountable; citizens, ethics, and the law: In their 1997 power without responsibility, curran and seaton conclude with a suggestion that a rapidly changing industry needs to be guided. It is important that we begin to think more radically about the media, for the press and broadcasting exercise a massive power, but it is more than ever a power without responsibility (1997:4)
