Big Corporations: Control What You See In The Media

Section One, Topic Three How would you react if someone told that big corporations, six corporate conglomerates to be exact, control what you see in the media? According to Edward Greenberg and Benjamin Page in The Struggle of Democracy, they state that the corporations that privately controlled media include “Disney, CBS, News corp., and Time Warner” (164). To be exact, these companies control a big percentage of what Americans read, listen to, and watch on television. Some of these companies are surprisingly names that you would not expect to see, who would have thought that Disney had any time of control over what people see in the media. Many people believe that Disney was just all about movies, cool animated characters, and Disneyland. In many cases, Disney represented and will continue to represent happiness for a variety of different individuals. However, Disney and the other five corporate conglomerates help demonstrate some negative views of the current American media ownership model. This includes biased media coverage, inaccurate media stories, corporate monopoly, and division of media coverage. A negative idea of why the …show more content…
Dr. Martin Luther King wanted to achieve equality for people of color, meaning that he wanted the same kind of equality that was given to those of the white race, specifically white males. Throughout time there have been many activist trying to work to reach King’s wishes, and although they have accomplished many great milestones they have still not reached the realistic equality that they deserve. In modern society, inequality is still among us even if it is not expressed as harshly as it once was, thus giving people of color unequal treatment in society, unequal opportunities in the work field, and unequal access in