Manipulative Model Studies

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Created on: 29-09-13 17:55

Murdock and Golding

Capitalism communication and class relations notes the growing power of just a few companies in the media. The top five companies control between 70-80% of each media sector

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Silvio Burlusconi

Created a new party with the support of the media and presenters on the back of his ownership of Fininvest. As a result, he became the Prime Minister of Italy

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Rupert Murdoch

The Phantom Prime Minister according to Belfield and Hird

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Spin Doctors

Write a spin on a story to put the party in the best possible political light. They show how governments manipulate the content of the news.

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Alistair Campbell

The most powerful "spin doctor" under Tony Blair

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The Lobby Correspondents System

Lobby journalists must not attribute sources and effectively become the mouthpieces of the government at the time.

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Drift Back To Work

phrase lifted directly by the news companies from Thatcher during the Miners strike of 1984/5. Shows power of government

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Port Stanley Airfield

Wasn't destroyed despite what the MOD said

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Radio

the only media to cover the Falklands without intrusion because of distance

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D Notices

issued when the government want to keep the media in the dark. Often under the pretence of "protecting our boys"

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Real Life Series

programme that was banned because it showed Martin McGuiness as a "pleasant human being"

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Bagdikian (2004)

according to him, less and less companies are to dominate the media

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Boyd-Barrett and Rantanen

note that the most media executives sit on several boards. this allows capitalists to organise the media to support their collective interests.

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Created a new party with the support of the media and presenters on the back of his ownership of Fininvest. As a result, he became the Prime Minister of Italy

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Silvio Burlusconi

Card 3

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The Phantom Prime Minister according to Belfield and Hird

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Card 4

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Write a spin on a story to put the party in the best possible political light. They show how governments manipulate the content of the news.

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Card 5

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The most powerful "spin doctor" under Tony Blair

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