Media plays an important role in the dissemination of information to citizens of any country. In a democratic country like Australia, media plays a far greater role in connecting political discourses with its citizens so that they can make an informed decision about the future of their country. Media must provide citizen with information, ideas and debates so as to facilitate informed opinion and participation in democratic politics (Dahlgren 2009). But the Australian print media is highly concentrated resulting in reporting of information that serves the political, financial interests of a select government party or the owner of the print media itself. This essay will demonstrate how the high concentration of ownership in Australian media
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The article has carefully outlined the repercussions of implementing carbon tax and the effect it would have on everyday citizens. It states that the carbon tax hits households, threatens jobs and damages the economy without every significantly reducing Australia’s domestic emissions or helping the environment (Maher 2013). This article which was run during the federal elections was in direct conflict of the carbon tax policy of the Labor party government. Another daily called The Daily Telegraph featured Kevin Rudd, leader of the Labor party on the front page with the words “Kick this mob out” (Packham 2013) which clearly persuades the citizens to not vote for the Labor party. The Daily Telegraph which is also owned by Rupert Murdoch was another vehicle to disseminate the political agenda of News Corp and saw that the Liberal party was …show more content…
The article accuses Tony Abbott of his reckless ideologue who ignores the science and is intent on listening to people who are part of the tinfoil hat brigade (Sydney Morning Herald 2014). Coincidentally, 2013 was recorded as the hottest day in Australia. With two conflicting contentions put forth by the major newspapers of Australia on the topic of climate change, News Ltd saw the highest proliferation of information as it dominates the newspaper market with around 70 per cent of metropolitan circulation, compared with 21 per cent of for
The article has carefully outlined the repercussions of implementing carbon tax and the effect it would have on everyday citizens. It states that the carbon tax hits households, threatens jobs and damages the economy without every significantly reducing Australia’s domestic emissions or helping the environment (Maher 2013). This article which was run during the federal elections was in direct conflict of the carbon tax policy of the Labor party government. Another daily called The Daily Telegraph featured Kevin Rudd, leader of the Labor party on the front page with the words “Kick this mob out” (Packham 2013) which clearly persuades the citizens to not vote for the Labor party. The Daily Telegraph which is also owned by Rupert Murdoch was another vehicle to disseminate the political agenda of News Corp and saw that the Liberal party was …show more content…
The article accuses Tony Abbott of his reckless ideologue who ignores the science and is intent on listening to people who are part of the tinfoil hat brigade (Sydney Morning Herald 2014). Coincidentally, 2013 was recorded as the hottest day in Australia. With two conflicting contentions put forth by the major newspapers of Australia on the topic of climate change, News Ltd saw the highest proliferation of information as it dominates the newspaper market with around 70 per cent of metropolitan circulation, compared with 21 per cent of for