Can you think of some examples of media imperialism(local,your own country,overseas)?
Media imperialism is a phenomenon of a big and wealthy media industry or company or monopoly over the media industries. When an owner is actually controlling the media, the media output can be biased. The owner can decide on what information to be shown as well as what to be censor.
The same thing happens in our country, Malaysia. As example, our newspaper is control by the government under the act of PPPA1984 Malaysia's Printing Presses and Publications Act. The PPPA provided the Minister of Home Affairs with discretionary powers concerning the granting, suspension and revocation of printing licences within Malaysia and the import and distribution of foreign publications. Licensing offences under the Act and punishable by up to 3 years' imprisonment or fines of up to RM 20,000 or both. Accordingly to Press Freedom Index by Reporters without Borders,Malaysia is ranked 131 out of 175 nations.
A famous example of media imperialism is the BERSIH Protest on 10 November 2007. The event organizers intended to have a peaceful, non-violet rally, advising participants in the days and weeks beforehand how to keep the rally peaceful.However, the rally was marred by the government sanctioned police violence. After the incident, foreign media such as Al-Jazeera covered the event with detailed videos and ground and satellite images. BBC and CNN featured the news in their online papers as well.
http://pekchekmlc0014.blogspot.my/2010/04/chapter-3-media-imperialism.html
The example of imperialism that happened in Malaysia was a BERSIH gathering and a gathering called a red shirt. The head of this gathering was only to remind, consciousness of society about what we should stand in our country but when all this was misinterpreted, the two rallies, this has been lost and the fight between the two sides. Things like this have gained media attention and spread in many media such as newspapers, magazines, or television.
Through television, has been widely featured in the news, not just within our country but has continued to the outside world. After this incident, the media from outside the country have published this news through newspaper or news in their country. This shows how powerful the power of the media is. It can spread things quickly and the media from two countries also disseminate it without checking.
References:
http://pekchekmlc0014.blogspot.my/2010/04/chapter-3-media-imperialism.html
https://goo.gl/images/wBj6cS
http://pekchekmlc0014.blogspot.my/2010/04/chapter-3-media-imperialism.html
The example of imperialism that happened in Malaysia was a BERSIH gathering and a gathering called a red shirt. The head of this gathering was only to remind, consciousness of society about what we should stand in our country but when all this was misinterpreted, the two rallies, this has been lost and the fight between the two sides. Things like this have gained media attention and spread in many media such as newspapers, magazines, or television.
Through television, has been widely featured in the news, not just within our country but has continued to the outside world. After this incident, the media from outside the country have published this news through newspaper or news in their country. This shows how powerful the power of the media is. It can spread things quickly and the media from two countries also disseminate it without checking.
References:
http://pekchekmlc0014.blogspot.my/2010/04/chapter-3-media-imperialism.html
https://goo.gl/images/wBj6cS
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