Social Class Inequality In Media- Middle/upper Advantage

Question 1

Castells

Answer 1

The ‘information age’ will benefit the ruling elite who will have control over the networks and the information that is generated.

Question 2

Boyle

Answer 2

Media convergence – one device accesses different media / power of advertising causes capitalist ideals to be spread.

Question 3

The snowden report

Answer 3

In 2013 the US National Security Agency (NSA) specialist Edward Snowden revealed widespread misuse of surveillance in digital forms of communication. The US and British government had been accessing personal information in the name of ‘national security’.

Question 4

Who

Answer 4

Castells Boyle, snowden report , cornford and robins

Question 5

Corn Ford and robins

Answer 5

The continuation of power being held in the hands of the few’ – the people who own and control the media are capitalists who want to make profit and ideologically control the masses.