Political Interests And Representations

Question 1

Greg Philo on Circuits of Communication, 2015

Answer 1

The introduction of digital media has made things more complex as audiences are now placed into the roles of both ‘media consumers’ and ‘content producers’, this creates greater interaction with the media and means that there is a flow of information from both sides

Question 2

William Dinan and David Miller on Journalism and Public Relations, 2009

Answer 2

Deliberative politics is now influenced more directly by the mass media’s political economy as well as strong public opinions and more informal opinions of public spheres

Question 3

Edwards S. Herman and Noam Chomsky on the propaganda model of the mass media

Answer 3

Banks and other investment companies often own media companies and so the news is often influenced by profit motivations - in the 1980s, investment institutions owned 44% of the stock of publicly owned newspapers

Question 4

Peter Dahlgren, 2018, on media distrust

Answer 4

Political mistrust has only increased in the digital era, there is thus a lack of shared understanding of social and political issues and the truth behind them

Question 5

PBS UK Trust Report 2011

Answer 5

Around 30% of the public don’t trust newspapers and magazines and almost 50% don’t trust social media