Notes on media topics
...icisms were useful · Will lead to a better paradigm. · Effects theory and U&G could well be considered in the next paradigm in the future. Conclusion · No paradigm will describe the mass communication process perfectly – it is too complex. What is globalisation? · Globalisation is… when things take place in a global arena or scale · Factors affecting it… P.E.T. (Political, Economic, Technological) · Since ‘80’s major restructuring of media industries due to globalisation · Interdependency- helping out countries (3rd world debt) Hegemonic Version…(Branston and Stafford) · Enormous process · Irresistible · Baffling · Beyond people’s control · Inscrutable Counter-hegemonic Version…(Branston and Stafford) · Cause - effect relationship between local and global actions and results · E.g. 3rd world debt · Open to some kinds of regulation and direction Uneven Development… · Lack of free market (no total freedom of speech) · E.g. The development of Burmese pop music… C.F.I.C. (Censoring, Forbidding exports/imports, Inferior sound systems, Cover versions restrict Burmese identity) Fragments as it Co-ordinates… · Film genres – fragmented but can co-ordinate e.g. romantic thriller. · Sex and violence being favoured by majority means minorities’ views not considered. Are there no others? · Globalisation does not consider this – only considers majority. · E.g. Sept 11th – America refuses to accept the views of terrorist nations · Is there such a thing as a ‘right-thinking’ nation? Globalisation… · Inflicts views on other nations · Others are not always considered · Uneven because countries will always be richer/poorer Regulation is…(Thompson) · Government policies and rules · Reproduction of a similar pattern · “One of the most controversial topics in modern society” · Complex · Influenced by many factors Why is regulation such a controversial topic? (Thompson) · Policy not rational · De-regulation · Favours the status quo · Previous alliances between the government and the media such as Murdoch and Thatcher (...