COMMERCE 1E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Jehane Noujaim, Control Room, Dominick Fernow

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Commerce
• Course: COMMERCE 1E03
• Professor: Rita Cossa

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Describe relationships between media and the government. -the government uses the media to spread their message. -if the media outlet is on the side of the government they will go with them. -if the (cid:373)edia outlet does(cid:374)"t ag(cid:396)ee (cid:449)ith the go(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:374)(cid:373)e(cid:374)t it (cid:449)ill t(cid:396)(cid:455) to go agai(cid:374)st the(cid:373) (cid:894)a(cid:374)d tell the t(cid:396)uth(cid:895) -western media is pro bombing iraq and saying they had weapons of mass discretion. -al jazee(cid:396)a is sa(cid:455)i(cid:374)g the i(cid:396)a(cid:395) does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e these (cid:449)eapo(cid:374)s a(cid:374)d sho(cid:449) (cid:448)ideos a(cid:374)d pi(cid:272)tu(cid:396)es of i(cid:396)a(cid:395)i (cid:272)i(cid:448)ilia(cid:374)s and soldiers dying. --western shows what the americans believe to be true, al jazeera shows what they believe is true. --bbc hears people swearing at bush but they pretend they are praising bush. --the media acts as a gate keeper to try to get both the oppositional governments to understand each othe(cid:396)"s poi(cid:374)ts of (cid:448)ie(cid:449). Al jazee(cid:396)a is o(cid:374)e of these (cid:373)edia outlets.