Their ideological and socialization functions are continually being defined and perfected in developing countries as one of the indispensable factors in the mobilization of general population for programs of national development'(Chimutengwende, quoted in Ziegler and Asante, 1992, p41). ...
Thesis Statement: In the Philippine newspaper industry, it is the elite class that ultimately has power over the media. INTRODUCTION There is a notion that the Philippine press is one of the freest in Asia. On the other hand, it is common knowledge that the Philippine media is commercial...
Many people in our society feel that they have become so immune to the media that they no longer realize the actual affect it has on them. Many of them see it as their only way to discovering the world. Meaning that they get to see, hear, and perhaps feel things that they would never feel, had it not been for the media. Hence the expression often used to describe the media, "the window to the world". People feel that they are wise and independent individuals who do not need the influence of media to get through their daily lives. ...
Is any cliché in American public discourse quite as stale as "liberal media bias-? Probably not, unless it's "tax-and-spend liberal."" Is there a literate adult living in this country who hasn't heard or read that dull, deceptive phrase literally hundreds or even thousands of times? Not unless said person resides permanently in a wilderness beyond range of all TV, radio, newspaper delivery, and the U.S. Postal Service. ...
