Marxism

Question 1

Milliband

Answer 1

• media is the new opium of the people
• ruling class use media to control society and states that institutions act like a drug to numb senses and produce illusion of happiness
• media takes proletariats attention away from exploitation allowing the ruling class to control them
  Eg. Apps such as Tik tok encourage mindless scrolling To distract us from exploitation at work

Question 2

Curran

Answer 2

• Found evidence of owners directly manipulating media content
• politicians believe media moguls to have a great deal of control over media content because they try to get on with the right side of them
  Eg. Tony Blair famously flew to Australia to meet with Rupert Murdoch and was rewarded with the support of the sun. Several years later, David cameron repeated this with the same outcome

Question 3

Bagdikian

Answer 3

• media ownership was concentrated from 50 corporations to 7 resulting in less variation in the news
• opinions received are biased viewpoints that only benefit the bourgeoisie
  Eg. Rupert Murdoch monopoly- he owns majority of media outlets so chances they are biased is high