THE MEDIA OF MASS COMMUNICATION 11 th Edition John Vivian

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1 THE MEDIA OF MASS COMMUNICATION 11 th Edition John Vivian PowerPoint Prepared by Amy M. Carwile Texas A&M University at Texarkana This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: -any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; -preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; -any rental, lease, or lending of the program.

2 Chapter 15: Mass Media Globalization Thematic Chapter Overview Media Tomorrow Media Economics Media & Democracy Media Effects Elitism & Populism

3 Mass Media and Nation-States Authoritarianism Censorship Authoritarian Effectiveness Global Authoritarianism Authoritarian Premises King James VII Divine Right of Kings

4 Mass Media and Nation-States (continued) Libertarianism Marketplace of Ideas John Milton Self-righting process First Amendment Natural rights the great experiment in democracy Global Libertarianism

5 What obstacles do libertarian media systems face? How does an authoritarian media system support authoritarian political systems? Are libertarian media and political systems inexorably linked? Are there any exceptions?

6 War as a Libertarian Test Combat Reporting Civil War World War II Vietnam Rice-roots reporting Grenada Pool system Embedded Reporters Iraq War

7 How does war-time news reporting challenge the notion that the mass media should be free of government restrictions? What impact does the embedding of news reporters have on the combat units to which they are assigned?

8 Online Global Reform Whither Nation-States WikiLeaks Julian Assange Principled Leaking Whither Mega Corporations

9 Besides reforming their practices, do governments and corporations have any recourse to deal with online disclosures of their secret documents? How can the nation-state model for governance and international relations survive with organizations like WikiLeaks intent on full disclosure?

10 Trans-Border Soft Diplomacy Afghanistan Media-Building U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Trans-Border Propaganda Radio Farda Radio and Televion Marti Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty Voice of America Trans-Border Blockages Golden Shield firewall

11 What characterizes the different broadcast and internet services funded by the U.S. government for audiences in other countries? Which types of services are most effective in the short term? In the long term? Least effective? Which types of services are most worth of government funding?

12 POINT Delegates to the 2007 World Radio Communication Conference, under the auspices of the ITU, were plain in their resolution: a broadcast station that functions on board an aircraft and transmits only to the territory of another administration without its agreement cannot be considered in conformity with the radio communications requirements. COUNTERPOINT Defenders of Marti have their own arguments. These include the policy commitment of the United States, as well as the United Nations, to protecting human rights. A Cuban-born member of the U.S. Congress, Ileana RosLehtinen, is adamant that Marti expand the flow of uncensored information about the dictatorship s brutality and human rights abuses.

13 Arab Media Systems Divers Media Structures Al Jazeera Media as Terrorism Tool Dubai Media Incorporated

14 How warranted is criticism of Al-Jazeera for picking up propagandist tapes from master terrorists like Osama bin Laden? What obstacles do pan-arab media companies have in maximizing their audiences to build advertising revenue streams and stay in business? Do these companies have a future?

15 China Media Chinese Policy Chinese Censorship More reporting on disasters and previously offlimits spot news Proposed Emergency Response Law

16 What is a counterargument to the Chinese government s position that unbridled journalism can disrupt social and political stability? As a traveler in China, how should China s policies impact the way you would engage in internet communication?