Corporate Media in American Society (part 1/2)
Corporate Media in American Society (part 2/2)
These videos were about how big corporations essentially get to choose what we think, through the news and media. At one point they mention that they want a vegged out population, with just an illusion of choice. Which they get if you think about it, many Americans spend a large portion of their time in front of the TV or watching a video. They listen to what they say, and that is often how they form their opinions, just from that one source. I will admit that that is what I do; most of the time I will just look to one source and not do any research. The video also said that the media is often called the 4th branch of government, and that they just want you distracted; which they do very easily by offering many channels with mindless time fillers on them.
All the decisions are made by a few big players because everything in the corporate world is owned by them. They help lead all the smaller companies in making their decisions by laying out the frame work for everyone else to follow. They do this by the selection of topics, distribution of concerns, emphasis, framing of issues, filtering of information, and bounding of debate. They went on to say that campaign finance is called legal bribery and that money equals speech. This is true, if you have money you can say whatever you want, and make sure that a lot of people hear it. There are so many unheard good ideas out there that we may never get to hear because the people who have them do not have the resources to make them know. The media has control of our society and we just let it happen.
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