2011-17951 Date submitted: August 29‚ 2013 Ownership of Media and Its Implications The Issue of Media Ownership Media ownership has been a hot topic for quite some time. In the Philippines‚ where private-ownership of the media is more common‚ the issue now is whether or not foreigners can own more than 40% of a media company. This is a country that has also experienced dominance of state-owned media under martial law and during that time‚ and Filipinos did not accept that sitting down but
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Australia’s media ownership laws have remained unchanged for over a decade‚ debate on the desirability of reform has continued unabated. This debate has been fuelled by the advent of new media technologies‚ a number of inquiries proposing regulatory changes‚ and the self-interest of those media organisations that report the controversy. The Government has long indicated that it believed the rules to be anachronistic‚ and in 2002 unsuccessfully attempted to amend the cross-media ownership restrictions
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communication and productivity by disseminating information among different groups of employees in a more efficient manner. While it is not meant to be all-inclusive‚ the list below outlines some of the possible advantages and disadvantages of social media use by workplaces. Possible advantages: Facilitates open communication‚ leading to enhanced information discovery and delivery. Allows employees to discuss ideas‚ post news‚ ask questions and share links. Provides an opportunity to widen business
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According to Rabinowitz‚ “In the US‚ there are media watchdogs – many of them – at both ends of the political spectrum. FAIR (Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting)‚ tries to keep the media honest from the liberal side. The Media Research Center is its conservative counterpart” (20). However‚ the fact that there are two different sides separating the filtration and regulation of contents in the media makes it less effective and inefficient. For instance‚ if either one of the organizations is not doing
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Concentrated media ownership in today’s society is doing much more harm than good. As a democratic nation‚ there are many values and freedoms that we are entitled to and with this concentration‚ these rights are being infringed. The value of news is also in jeopardy as the diversity and localism of the news media diminishes. Both of these things together form a platonic pair that should be a concern of all democracy loving Americans. According to an FCC regulation that is currently being revised
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4/24/13 the pros and cons of social media and social network For those who do not understand the pros and cons of social media and social network as well the effect of the social media and the networks lifestyle we Americans‚ have adopt into our lives since the years of 2000 till now in our modern would today. Social networking is use of Web site to communicate with other members of the site‚ by posting messages. But Social media refers to the means of interactions among
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Chong Xiong Devry University Mckilligan English 062 The social media has made a big impact on society today. There are many social media pages that one can use for online dating such as; Facebook‚ Myspace‚ Twitter‚ and even Instagram. There are both pros and cons when it comes to online dating‚ people are never who they claimed to be and there are some relations do actually work. The benefits from online dating are that if interacting with people is not your thing‚ just simply write a message
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Regulating Cross-Media Ownership According to political theorists Noam Chomsky and Edward Herman The media is unable to satisfy our democratic needs because: They are profit-seeking businesses‚ owned by very wealthy people (or other companies); they are funded largely by advertisers who are also profit-seeking entities‚ and who want their ads to appear in a supportive selling environment. The media are also dependent on government and major business firms as information sources‚ and both
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Corporate Ownership of Mass Media It is my opinion that there is bias in mass communication due to corporate ownership. We as a population cannot trust media sources to fully educate us due to the roles and biases that large corporations play in mass popular media today. If there are larger corporations running things‚ there may also be ulterior motives for disclosing or not disclosing information. An example is the power of General Electric over NBC-TV‚ in which it did not allow a song to
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Standardised Testing Name: Institution: Abstract This paper explores two published books that touched on pros and cons of standardized testing in schools. Popham‚ (2001) and Sacks‚ (1999) suggest that through pros a student will have to pass certain tests to determine that he or she has acquired proficiency in various fields of study. According to the two authors‚ in cons the students who have mastery of the content‚ don’t show in the test; it mostly promotes teachers to teach tests and evaluate
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