Issue: Media
“The biases the media has are much bigger than conservative or liberal. They're about getting ratings, about making money, about doing stories that are easy to cover."
-Al Franken
In today's society, most people receive the majority of their information about the world from media. But how are media influencing what you know and what you believe? Choose three issues within the field of media to develop in your personal manifesto. With what are you concerned?
Some issues to consider:
Diversity
Discrimination
Media Ethics
Freedom of Speech
Propaganda
Media Censorship
Copyright Laws and Infringement
Media Objectivity
Media Ownership
Begin choosing your topics for media by looking at the resources below:
http://www.globalissues.org/issue/156/mainstream-media
http://mediamatters.org/tags/issues
http://library.law.smu.edu/Free_Speech/
-Al Franken
In today's society, most people receive the majority of their information about the world from media. But how are media influencing what you know and what you believe? Choose three issues within the field of media to develop in your personal manifesto. With what are you concerned?
Some issues to consider:
Diversity
Discrimination
Media Ethics
Freedom of Speech
Propaganda
Media Censorship
Copyright Laws and Infringement
Media Objectivity
Media Ownership
Begin choosing your topics for media by looking at the resources below:
http://www.globalissues.org/issue/156/mainstream-media
http://mediamatters.org/tags/issues
http://library.law.smu.edu/Free_Speech/