Kris Marshall

Media court cases are very interesting and often have lasting effects even years after the case is made. There are numerous cases dealing with media that have had substantial effects. One of those cases Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster has shaped the way media is today and made some huge changes in how media is viewed. Grokster, and similar programs, enabled users to share files and content through the internet from computer to computer for free (MGM Studios v. Grokster). The…

The English writer David icke once said, “The greatest form of control is when you think you 're free, when you 're being fundamentally manipulated and dictated to. One form of dictatorship is being in a prison cell and you can see the bars and touch them. The other one is sitting in a prison cell but you can 't see the bars and you think you 're free.” Media is everywhere today, every house has television and internet, everyone has a cellphone, information is constantly being thrown at people-…

American’s have become puppets of the media, the media influences the way they act and what they become. Media has been around for years, but recently started to lose its value. For years children have been looking up to media to make their identity. Young citizens will do anything and everything to be a size four model, just so she or he could fit in with society’s meaning of beautiful. Not only would kids imitate what the media shows them but they will go to extreme measures to become those…

Gaëten Tremblay, in his article titled “From Marshall McLuhan to Harold Innis, or From the Global Village to the World Empire” discusses how both of these mentioned theorists provide insight into the role of communication media in the organization of societies and the shaping of everyday life. Tremblay details the importance of McLuhan and Innis’ contributions in the understanding of modern society, insofar that it was shaped by changes in the areas of information dissemination and communication…

THE advancement of technology has enabled the celebrity culture to gain power to influence a large share of global population. In addition celebrity culture has taken an alteration in meaning and its new aspects are causing arguments amongst academics, with their expertise in the studies of celebrity culture.different aspects of this new culture is unveiled displaying celebrities rise to power, causes of mass media production with its constant feed of attention by fans and society reaction to…

Uses and gratification studies came into effect when mass media researchers became interested in how or why audiences were engaging with different forms of media (Wimmer & Dominick, 1994). The earliest recognised uses and gratifications studies were those of Herzog (1941) and Berelson (1945). Both Herzog and Berelson were interested by what engaging with certain mediums meant for individuals. They studied at a much deeper level than previous studies. Early uses and gratifications studies would…

Mass communication can be defined as “…allowing communicators to reach a larger and geographically dispersed audience” (Chaffee & Metzger, 2001). However, developments in technology have challenged this definition and the existence of mass communication. This essay will investigate the hypothesis that mass communication era has ended, however the mass communication concept is constantly evolving as technology is developing. Mass communication will be explored using the three key concepts of…

This essay will speak about two media spectacles from within the last ten years and how the media influenced the public. This essay should prove that the media influences the public and the way the public views a certain topic. The first part of this essay will speak about the Oscar Pistorius trial as a local media story. The second part of the essay will speak about the chemical attack on Syria as the global media story. Although both were broadcast globally I feel the Oscar Pistorius trial had…

“Technological Determinism and Television “ Introduction Technological determinism is the fundamental idea that technology has the power to transform a society, or at least have the ability to change how people, think, act or feel. According to Veblen and Marx the technology that surrounds us has a much greater power and effect than we are aware of. Since its invention in the 1920s, television has played a vital role in society. Television had become a very powerful focal point in many…

In a media pervaded society, it is important for audiences to be critical recipients rather than passive receivers of media information. What role does media have on the society? There are popular metaphors that are used to discuss the role of media in society. A popular metaphor used in discussion is called the “Window”, what is meant by this is that the media gives us a wider view of the world which enables us to see more of the world than our experiences allow. Metaphors contain a wealth of…