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Do you think TV channel need to control by government or consumer? The current event from Los Angeles Times News highlights the opinion article title "The Univision blackout isn't about Latinos' access to news — it's about money." by Jon Healey. The issue became broadcast when Univision sued Charter; the consumer wanted to involve in this subject because they think it's not government issue to consider. When the Univision had been blackouts, there was a reason. When Charter bought Time Warner cable, they had a different contract with Univision. The TWC cable was paying a lower fee which Charter want to negotiate with that, but Univision did not want merge with that contract and having trouble with the money. The result will
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The people need to give some opinion to Charter to know how the consumer is feeling about the payment too. On the other side, there was point of view from Latinos; The Latinos brought the opinion that they are feeling bad because they think Trump made blackout to not giving any information to Latinos. Also, the Trump was not the reason they were blackout because if the government try to a blackout that channel to not giving any information to Latinos, then they had to blackout all the other Spanish Channel. I guess they could see in their point of view since it's one of the Spanish Channel and there are a lot of things going to between Trump and immigrant which include Latinos. He wants to point out that it's not related to Latinos government issue. This opinion article was little confusing, the author pointed out all the point of view from each side and going back and force to giving a good way to explain his idea. The point was that he wants to consumers to talk their point to Charter to not retain Univision. His saying it's about the money but also his point it out there are a lot of other Spanish Channel that is playing right now. If Charter makes another deal, the other channel will be work another way to get higher fee which it will make the higher fee
Michael Parenti (2002) declares media in the United States is no longer “free, independent, neutral and objective.” (p. 60). Throughout his statement, Parenti expresses that media is controlled by large corporations, leaving smaller conglomerates unable to compete. The Telecommunications Act, passed in 1996, restricted “a single company to own television stations serving more than one-third of the U.S. public,” but is now overruled by greater corporations. (p. 61). In his opinion, Parenti reveals that media owners do not allow the publishing of stories that are not beneficial and advantageous. Parenti supports his argument very thoroughly by stating how the plutocracy takes control over media in multiple ways: television, magazines, news/radio broadcasting, and other sources.
B) The critical issue is that Comcast, the biggest internet and cable provider in the nation, is seeking to become even bigger in merging with Time Warner Cable, the second biggest company in the market. This merger will increase the influence Comcast has on TV channels and internet content providers, leaving consumers with fewer alternatives and will reduce competition to the amount where Comcast will control two thirds’ of the cable TV market and about 40% of ...
Over the centuries, the media has played a significant role in the shaping of societies across the globe. This is especially true of developed nations where media access is readily available to the average citizen. The media has contributed to the creation of ideologies and ideals within a society. The media has such an effect on social life, that a simple as a news story has the power to shake a nation. Because of this, governments around the world have made it their duty to be active in the regulation and control of media access in their countries. The media however, has quickly become dominated by major mega companies who own numerous television, radio and movie companies both nationally and internationally. The aim of these companies is to generate revenue and in order to do this they create and air shows that cater to popular demand. In doing so, they sometimes compromise on the quality of their content. This is where public broadcasters come into perspective.
...cy. For this reason, it is clear that the media should not engage in any activity aimed at taking sides when dealing with the policy at hand. Journalists should always monitor all the policies and arguments from the foundation so as to ensure that they have left an opportunity of judgment from the public. This will ensure that public policy has been promoted without any form of discrimination or support (Abelson, 2006).
Conflict theory claims that advertising does not sufficiently address issues of inequality in society. (Brime, Roberts, Lie, Rytina 2013, p.462) There are five major media outlets that form a monopoly of the media industry in Canada: CTVglobalmedia Inc. owned by Bell Canada, Rogers Communications Inc. Controlled by the Rogers family, Shaw Communications controlled by the Shaw family, CBC/Radio Canada, and Quebecor Inc. Controlled by the Péladeau family. (Brime, Roberts, Lie, Rytina 2013, p.462-463) CBC/Radio Canada is the only publicly owned media company in Canada, whereas, approximately 90% of the media in Canada is privately owned. (Brime, Roberts, Lie, Rytina 2013, p.464) This allows for 90% of advertising content to be chosen by wealthy corporations. In an American study, 93% of newspaper editors admitted to advertisers attempting to influence news stories and 37% admitted that advertisers have influenced their stories. (Brime, Roberts, Lie, Rytina 2013,
agencies own our TV sets and all the media. We live in a capitalistic world. These
The people of Latino ethnicity influence education, communications, media and history in America. It is an essential contribution given by the population in many areas that affect every American in some way shape or form. “This emerging generation tends to be bilingual and bicultural. By 2050, about one third of the U.S. population is expected to be Latino. With those rising numbers comes more influence. Fernand Amandi is a principal with Bendixen & Amandi, a research and communications firm specializing in the U.S. Hispanic market (Morning Edition 1).” In society, there has been many Latinos from the world of entertainment, politics, and society to make historically influences. Such influences have come from people like Pope Francis, Carlos Slim, Mario Vargas Llosa, and Sonia Sotomayor. These are prime example of well recognized Hispanics who have changed
In the past, the United States has already repeatedly occurred the blackout. Especially in 1977, there was a large-scale power outages and the city became a big mess. At that time, blackout of 1977 not only resulting in significant economic losses, but also a power shortage triggered kind of serious public problems. It could be the strong contrast with the past blackout, so the blackout of 1977 was more striking and deeply impressive.
Growing from a small provider of a few thousand, the company has grown to be a massive conglomerate encompassing far greater than simply cable services. Now owning NBC Universal, Comcast exerts great power within the market, employing a variety of strategies to expand itself and remain profitable. When it attempted to merge with Time Warner cable, several strongly opposed when considering the massive power it already possessed. In addition, growing sentiment against cable providers has resulted in the reduction of subscribers. Despite this, Comcast is in a high period of expansion within the business cycle. However, it should remain cautious of the changing environment of how consumers obtain television
The second one is that modifies the ownership structure by creating the National Television (TVN), and finally launches the National Council of Television (CNTV) (Tironi & Sunkel, 1993). The idea of pluralism was shortened only to political communication and particularly regarding whose would have access to television. Consequently, the state and some universities were considered the players that could better guarantee these
The state-controlled media and the private wealthy individuals owned media decide the content that the public can get. The strict laws and regulations in China not only affect the domestic media but also influence the attitude towards foreign media. Even though China has a very different way to manage the media system, it already starts to approach media freedom, like the CNC reform and reforms document in 2013. In the future, the Chinese government would find its own way to free media industry with its social conditions.
The media is an interesting creature. Evening though it is not actually alive, it still controls a huge part of everyone's lives. Yet has it ever occurred to you that a lot of the information you hear on social media and the news about governmental issues are one sided, biased, and they show the same things over and over again. It is because the government abuses the media and does not give use the whole story. The government should not have so much control over mass media because it has an impact on elections and distracts the public from important information.
The CRTC is a federal organization that creates rules and regulations for telecommunications and broadcasting companies to follow in Canada (Gasher et al., 2012). The communications policy is necessary in Canada for the reason that frames media, culture and society of the nation-state. (Gasher et al., 2012). It creates rules to ensure that the media serves citizens and society. The purpose of the policy is that communications should be well managed and responsive to information to the public. Therefore, the CRTC is a major sector of the media that the government implemented. Hence, the government is a major contributor to mass media. They create regulations and shape viewer’s perceptions of messages being
One of the fundamental roles of the media in a liberal democracy is to critically scrutinise governmental affairs: that is to act as a watchdog of government to ensure that the government can be held accountable by the public. However, the systematic deregulation of media systems worldwide is diminishing the ability of citizens to meaningfully participate in policymaking process governing the media (McChesney, 2003, p. 126). The relaxation of ownership rules and control, has resulted in a move away from diversity of production to a situation where media ownership is becoming increasing concentrated by just a few predominantly western global conglomerates (M...
In recent years, the importance of news broadcasts has increased. More people need to access the news to stay in touch with the rest of the world’s affairs. More TV channels have developed to give viewers more news. Both commercial and government networks are used to present the news to the general public. However, because of the different fundings and target audiences, different networks will focus on different aspects of the news, to make as many people of their target audience watch their particular broadcast. Therefore the separate channels can bring in a far larger audience, and take away another channels audience, therefore reducing competition.