Ideology And Implications Of Media Communication

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Media Communications: Assignment 1: Essay Ideology is a world view, attitude or belief which an individual, group or society believes to be true or important. These are shared by a culture or society about how that society should function. Media texts always reflect certain values or ideologies though sometimes we may not be aware of this. An example might be that in some texts, such as Fox News, where solving problems using extreme bias is seen as acceptable. The media is a successful carrier of ideology because it reaches such a huge audience. The study of the media allows us to consider and question dominant ideologies and look for the implications of different ideology and value systems. (Ministry of education New Zealand, 2015) In any …show more content…

The media professionals in Fox News are the news reporters or anchormen. These people provide us with information that is generally biased. We know this because the reporters are basically told what to say by Murdoch everyday therefore we are once again only receiving his values or views on things. These reporters are not independent and have no freedom of speech as Murdoch filters the majority of what is portrayed to the public. During a movie we watched in class called ‘Outfoxed- The war on journalism’, one of the most evident things about Fox News was the lack of power in the anchors. Previous presenters explained how Murdoch dictates every single news story, whether it goes ahead or not and how the presenter will report it. All of the news reporters are expected to stand up for any misleading or dishonest stories. Fox News was also known for hiring ignorant and blunt reporters who would shut down interviews or cut them off if they went off topic or didn’t go the way they had been planned. One of the Fox News’ prime examples of this is a reporter named John Hannity. He is especially known for his insulting and bad-mannered way of speaking to people. If he didn’t like what the people were saying or they simply disagreed with his side of things, he blatantly told them to ‘shut up’ on air. Murdoch went as far as running smear campaigns against people he didn’t get along with or had different …show more content…

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