Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Mass Media
- Defining the Media: Agencies of communication that
transmit information, education,
news and entertainment to mass
audiences.
- 3 Types
- Print media
- Newspapers
- Magazines
- Comics/Books
- Audio-visual media
- Terrestrial and satellite TV
- Radio
- Cinema
- Cybermedia or Digital media
- Social Networking e.g. Facebook
- Mobile phones/Mp3 players
- Games industry
- Formal Controls of the Media
- The law
- The Laws of Libel
- Forbid the publication of an untrue
statement about a person which may bring
them into contempt, ridicule,dislike or
hostility in society.
- The Official Secrets Act
- Makes it a criminal offence to report,
without authorisation, any official
government activity which the
government defines as an 'official
secret'.
- Defence Advisory (DA) Notices
- Issued by the governmentas
requests to journalists not to report
natio.al security information which
the government believes may be
useful to an enemy.
- The Racial and Religious Hatred Act
- Forbid the expression of hatred or
discrimination against people
because of their ethnic group or
religious beliefs.
- The Obscene Publications Act
- Forbids the public of anything the court
deems to be obscene and indecent.
- Contempt of Court Provisions
- Forbids the reporting, expression of
opinions or publication of materials
about cases which are in process.
- How media is controlled
- Official government press conferences
- press conferences with journalists and editors.
- Leaks and off-the record briefings
- informal through which the
governmenttry to influence what
is reported in the news.
- The use of government spin doctors
- try to manipulate the media by providing a
afvourable slant to a potentially unpopular or
controversial news item.
- Refusal to issue broadcasting licenses
- refuses to issue them to those who are
deemed unfit or unsuitable.
- Refusal to all the use of some forms of internet software
- the use of filtering and surveillence software to block
access to some internet sites.
- The electronic surveillance of emails
- monitoring of websites and interception of
mobile calls.