Government influence on the media
- Created by: ecotts
- Created on: 12-09-17 19:03
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- Ways the government influence media output
- Government press- conference
- A meeting purposely made so that the press can gather information for the media
- Leaks and off-the-record briefings
- Leaks are information that it has yet legally been released but the media use it
- Off-the-record briefings can mean that whatever the media is told can be reported so long as the person who it is not identified
- Spin Doctors
- A person who is paid to give a positive interpretation of events (politically) to the media
- Refusal of broadcasting licence to those who deem unfit
- The refuse a broadcasting licence (people who speak on the radio) to people that seem suspicious and may give false information
- Filtering online content
- There may be a refusal to the use of some sites and software which are withdrawn. Google was withdrawn from china in 2010
- Electronic surveillance of emails, websites and phone calls
- The government would monitor media use of individuals making sure they wouldn't speak out against them
- 2014, a new law passed allowing the police to scrutinise public email, effecting peoples willingness to communicate freely
- Government press- conference
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