Cultural Pessimists
- Created by: Molly
- Created on: 06-12-13 12:50
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- Cultural Pessimists
- Not so New Media
- Cornford and Robins (1999)
- Media today is accomodation between old and new.
- Interactivity is not new. People have phoned/written in for years.
- Hollywood Analogy.
- Cornford and Robins (1999)
- Domination by Media Conglomerates
- Curran
- 3/4 of 31 most visited websites are linked with the largest media corporations.
- Internet and media dominated by a few corporations.
- 3/4 of 31 most visited websites are linked with the largest media corporations.
- Criticising idea that people have more opportunity to be democraatic
- Curran
- Commercialization
- Commercialization has increased consumer surveillance.
- New technologies: cookies, monitor media usage to target potential customers. Enhancing profit
- Commercialization has increased consumer surveillance.
- Reinforcing Elite Power
- Jenkins
- Corporation exert greater power over any individual.
- Media is strengthening elite power.
- Political power groups create websites to make sure their views dominate the internet.
- Media is strengthening elite power.
- Corporation exert greater power over any individual.
- Cornford and Robins
- Media corporations seek to dominate strategic links in the media
- Media corporations seek to dominate strategic links in the media
- Jenkins
- Decline in Quality of Popular Culture
- Harvey (2008)
- Digitalisation has led to dumbing down of programmes creating cheap, rubbish popular culture
- Transmits a 'candy floss culture' which speaks to everyone but no one specifically.
- Digitalisation has led to dumbing down of programmes creating cheap, rubbish popular culture
- Increased choice of media delivery systems has led to decline in popular culture.
- Transmits a 'candy floss culture' which speaks to everyone but no one specifically.
- Harvey (2008)
- Lack of State Regulation
- ***********, homophobic, racist and terrorism views are easily accessible. Taking free speech too far.
- Not so New Media
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