Media Studies: How does the media representation of the Q&A outrage help shape the views of the Australian public on this topic? Zaky Mallah appeared on Q & A asking a question about ‘terrorism’ after being acquitted for alleged ‘terrorist acts’. In reaction to this, Prime Minister Tony Abbott, issued a boycott of the program Q & A by he and his liberal frontbencher colleagues. This also resulted in Tony Abbott forcing Q and A into the ‘News’ category next year and also referred to the ABC as a “lefty lynch mob.” This investigation will look at how different media sources can represent this issue in different ways. This topic had many differing opinions. It is also interesting as Q and A is also a media source so it is media reporting on the …show more content…
The majority of media outlets against the ABC are owned by Rupert Murdoch. His competitor is ABC. Some outlets used this as an opportunity to hate on the ABC. However the reports by ABC are also biased as they are trying to cover and naturally defend themselves so they will not get into more trouble. There are a few articles that had little to no bias, however these reports mainly retold the Q and A episode and did not comment on it. Three sources will be discussed in this investigation. The first article is , ‘ABC ‘on the side of Australia’, managing director Mark Scott says, amid criticism over Q & A broadcast’, an article about ABC stating they are not against Australia because of the broadcast. The second source will be a newspaper article produced by The Courier Mail with the headline, ‘Q&A furore: It’s your ABC of Jihad”. The third source will be an opinion piece by the website, The Conversation, titled, ‘Boycotting Q&A, boycotting …show more content…
He writes in a condescending tone towards the countries leaders. The writer of this article portrays the issue as Tony Abbot and the liberal front benchers overreacting. They are trying to portray the liberals as an overdramatic government. The tone of the article is sarcastic attitude towards the liberal government. P4 There was little to no international view of this issue due to it being a localised event. If a member of the public had not seen Zaky’s question on the program, they would have relied on what they had read. If someone had read the first article that would be in support of the ABC and understand that not everyone agrees with their views. If someone had read the second piece they would attack the ABC and believe they are supporting terrorism. This issue was important to Tony Abbott and the liberal front benchers as there has always be unease between them and the ABC, specifically Q & A. The viewers of Q & A that were watching were waiting for the government to have their say as soon as it happened. The audience parliament support percentages were ALP 34%, Coalition 36%, Greens 13%, Other 1%, and Unspecified
The 2014 Walkley Award winning documentary, "Cronulla Riots: the day that shocked the nation" reveals to us a whole new side of Aussie culture. No more she’ll be right, no more fair go and sadly no more fair dinkum. The doco proved to all of us (or is it just me?) that the Australian identity isn’t really what we believe it to be. After viewing this documentary
Russell, titled ‘End Australia Day’, which simply advocates that it’s ‘time to let it [Australia Day] go’. Contrasting with Roberts-Smith, who was calm and collected, Russell is abrupt and almost pleading at times. The day has ‘outlived its usefulness’ and it’s adamant to Russell that it is time for a change. Noting suitable day changes, such as ‘July 9’, is high on his to-do list. However, he also believes the Constitution is ‘outdated’ and that to be fair to all in Australia it would be wise to ‘scrap it and start again’. His factual statements on the past allow the reader to acknowledge that their ancestors did play a part in the oppression of the Indigenous, but the recommendation of changing the Constitution entirely could be viewed as ludicrous. As trying to cater for everyone in the “new Constitution” could still mean that groups are left out, and the cost of this idea could turn heads in the opposite
This is a credible article; it seems that it is researched thoroughly and thoughtfully. Overall this article highlights my topic fairly well, and did meet my expectations; the author’s conclusion ended strong and summarizes the article greatly. Still, this article is not much different than my other twelve articles with the exclusion of one. In this article and others not all sources have different points of view and only one has done that.
...W. (2011), ‘Any one of these boat people could be a terrorist for all we know!’ Media representations and public perceptions of ‘boat people’ arrivals in Australia’, Journalism, vol. 12, no. 5, pp. 607-626.
With every large successful materialistic object or figure in society comes its pros and cons. For the Fox News Channel, these pros and cons include its overall ratings and viewership. For over a number of years Fox News has remained atop of the rating scale in the number one spot, providing the public with the news. People claim it is biased and justly unfair, however, it is that very news that they produce which has made it famous and one of the most well respected news networks to this day.
Convinced that the society needs public broadcasters, Taras recalls the event of the internment ceremony, a memorial dedicated to the Canadian soldiers who died fighting in Afghanistan, on June 7th, 2006. The government attempted to censor the event. Their re...
Firminger examines the ways these magazines represent young males and females. She reveals that these magazines talks about the physical appearance of young girls but also their sexuality, emotions, and love life. The author informs how the advice given by the magazines is negative. The author also argues that these magazines focus more on their social life than how their academic performance
It is 6:00 at night the news comes on story after story delivers crime, anger, death, devastation, and little hope. In less then 2 minutes the broadcaster is able to delivering these stories that are missing layers of information and deep history. The clips are unsettling, incomplete and often bias but it is all that is given and opinions start to form. The news suffers from ethnocentrism, the likeliness to use their culture’s standards to judge other people and actions within another culture, and has a large influence on how their audience perceives and processes information. Through cultural relativism we can shed light on some of these issues, start to understand the big picture, and stop judging.
... Irving "Constitution" The Oxford Companion to Australian Politics. Ed Brian Galligan and Winsome Roberts. Oxford University Press 2008. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. Hillsborough CommunityCollege. 23
398).It is also stated that news divisions reduced their costs, and raised the entertainment factor of the broadcasts put on air. (p. 400). Secondly, the media determines its sources for stories by putting the best journalists on the case and assign them to areas where news worthy stories just emanates. (p.400). Third, the media decides how to present the news by taking the most controversial or relevant events and compressing them into 30 second sound-bites. (p.402). finally, the authors also explain how the media affects the general public. The authors’ state “The effect of one news story on public opinion may be trivial but the cumulative effect of dozens of news stories may be important. This shows a direct correlation between public opinions and what the media may find “relevant”. (Edwards, Wattenberg, Lineberry, 2015, p.
“The old argument that the networks and other ‘media elites’ have a liberal bias is so blatantly true that it’s hardly worth discussing anymore…No we don’t sit around in dark corners and plan strategies on how we’re going to slant the news. We don’t have to. It comes naturally to most reporters.” (Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News) This example is tremendously important in the author’s discussion because it proves that news stories do manipulate people through bias. Popular news networks are viewed by thousands of people every single day, thus making it have a huge impact on the public since they believe what they see. When news reporters present their news segments, it is natural for them to give their insights due to human nature being instinctively biased. “The news media is [sic] only objective if they report something you agree with… Then they’re objective. Otherwise they’re biased if you don’t agree, you know.” (CNN’s American Morning) In this quote, the readers are presented to current panelists agreeing that news consumers have a very hard time separating their own view of the news from the perspective of the news reporters because they are presenting their own opinions throughout their segments. This problem exists once again because of the bias that is contained in media
The media takes a biased approach on the news that they cover, giving their audience an incomplete view of what had actually happened in a story. Most people believe that they are not “being propagandized or being in some way manipulated” into thinking a certain way or hearing certain “truths” told by their favorite media outlets (Greenwald 827). In reality, everyone is susceptible to suggestion as emphasized in the article “Limiting Democracy: The American Media’s World View, and Ours.” The
...because of the restrictions on welfare. This intervention should be viewed as very ethnocentric because it sets up laws specifically for Aboriginal people which shows how Australia still does not regard Aboriginal people to be the same as Non-Aboriginal people. Also how taking away their culture is Non-Aboriginal Australia’s answer Aboriginal problems.
In the document, Media transformation, Ownership and Diversity, the ANC criticises the South African media’s self-regulatory model. The fact that the media are first and foremost corporations is incredibly important. Following the recent decline in print media consumption, journalistic standards have dropped following budget cuts by the corporations. (Duncan, 2014, p. 170) Because of the former self-regulatory model, the ANC were concerned that journalists would not call each other out on lapses of ethical conduct.
This can be seen when she opens her second paragraph, with her tone changing from pride to a more somber and regretful tone, which adds impact when she discusses how Australia Day ‘won’t be the same for my family’. This causes the statement to be emphatic, and the negative connotations that are implied by the tone shift enable the reader to see that Davis views the cancellation of the events as something to be lamented. Davis’s true stance on the issue is further reiterated when she discusses the ‘even lower blow’ of cancelling ‘our’ annual fire works, with the use of inclusive language encouraging the Fremantle residents to see that they personally are being affected, which makes the overall issue of the Australia Day date much more close to home. It further identifies how the residents are meant to have reacted to the cancellation of the fireworks, and positions them to feel that as they have been negatively affected by this one event, that they should oppose the changing of the date of Australia day completely. At this point in her piece, Davis counterbalances article by providing an expert opinion from the Mayor that supports changing the date of Australia Day. In this way, Davis builds up a cumulative effect of manipulating the opinions of her readers without expressly