Kris Marshall

“Whoever controls the media controls the mind”. Jim Morrison stated that being able to control media gives one power over others. When one controls or produces any type of media that is delivered to the people, one can manipulate them and control the way they think in. Thus, one will have power over them. The government and the occupation are controlling most of the published news concerning Palestine by the media. Nonetheless, the new media helps to decrease the amount of control the occupation…

Media Role in Cultural Education, Acculturation and Diffusion: An Ambivalence of Plausibility and Dysfunctional Trajectories longer shaped as it used to be by people‟s background and their socialization. They hold that factors such as class, gender, and ethnic group, influence people a great deal. In this case the media have taken upper hand, hence people are much freer to choose their own identity and life style from the myriads of what the media give. Accordingly, Baudrillard argues that it…

The essay is divided into three parts. First part is media and intercultural communication. The essay will discuss the media and journalism become the mediator in intercultural communication, the positive and negative influence of media on intercultural communication and what kind of principles and suggestions should journalism take to become a better mediator in this part. The second part is new media and intercultural communication. In this part, the essay will talk about the…

Mass media is significant in shaping people’s ideas since humans’ way of thinking is depend on the recent information they learnt. In general, people usually depend on the mass media to know what is happening around the world which lead them to have different ideas on different conditions and cases like fashion, music, sports and politics based on the media. As mass media such as radio, television, newspapers, magazines and the Internet, which are intended to let a large audience to get the…

Contemporary urban society, amidst other things, is largely characterized by the presence of various technologies that have given rise to the creation of new forms of control. These new structures of power are subtle yet intense in nature, in the sense that they regulate an individual’s life usually through disguised means. In my paper, I will attempt to explain how Jeremy Bentham's design of the ‘Panopticon’, as explained by Foucault , can be understood as the basis for the creation of…

Albert Einstein once said, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”. Sandy Hook, Charleston, Oregon, Savannah, and San Bernardino all have one thing in common. They are all connected by the fact that mass shooting has occurred in their area. They are now on a long list of places that are traumatized and fearful of the future. These cities will always be defined as that place that has had a mass shooting. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has…

My values, beliefs, morals and cultural views have been shaped over my life by many things. Personal influences such as friends, family, social media and the news media have been the most influential in shaping my attitudes and beliefs when it came to Aboriginal and Toress Strait Islanders. However, as I entered adulthood and found myself in amongst new circles of friends, work colleagues and a new career my views and opinions began to change. Growing up my close family members were not very…

Information The mass media is perhaps responsible for the cultivation of the phenomenon of crowd violence. As Hagger & Chatzisarantis (2005, pg.211) explain, the individual who gets pulled into a crowd has probably observed the prominence with which crowd voice has been covered in the media, and attached some meaning to it. Therefore, crowd violence becomes portrayed in the media as a popular culture, and serves to vindicate the sociological theories of emergent norms and social learning. More…

Cultivation theory refers to that when the media systematically portray certain messages, the mainstream audience is affected by those massages and fail to distinguish the reality between the real world and the media. The value systems and worldview in the media may affect the audience. Therefore, some stereotypes may be established. The audience could also start to copy the actions from the media and try to change the real world like the content in the media without their consciousness. However…

Howard (2004) the media is normally the most essential way individuals get some answers concerning the races and the political decisions. The media should be allowed to report decently on the battles of all the political gatherings so individuals can decide whether there are contrasts between them. The media need to give every one of the general population a similar data on the best way to vote. Furthermore, the media need to opportunity to ask the inquiries and find solutions about the…