This is a presentation prepared for a training weekend- "Social Media and Development Education" which was part of a HETAC module run by Cork Institute of Technology called "Arts, Participation and Development"
9. From Gleeson, J., King, P., O'Driscoll, S., and Tormey R. (2007) Development Education in Irish Post-Primary Schools, Knowledge, Attitudes and Activism . Shannon: Curriculum Development Centre. MEDIA LITERACY
40. This presentation was put together by Eimear McNally for CIT’s HETAC Module “Arts Participation and Development”. www.makehandstands.com
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Mediaset , also controlled by Silvio Berlusconi's Fininvest, owns 3 out of 7 national TV channels in Italy. Mr Berlusconi in his function of prime minister also exerts great influence over 3 more channels ( RAI -owned), thus directly or indirectly controlling almost 90% of Italy's mass media. Rupert Murdoch , the media magnate, a part of News Corp., also owns British News of the World , The Sun , The Times , and The Sunday Times , as well as the Sky Television network, which merged with British Satellite Broadcasting to form BSkyB , and SKY Italia ; in the US, he owns the Fox Networks and the New York Post . Since 2003, he also owns 34% of DirecTV Group (formerly Hughes Electronics ), operator of the largest American satellite TV system, DirecTV , and Intermix Media (creators of myspace.com) since 2005. See also Murdoch Newspaper List . Globally, large media conglomerates include, National Amusements , Viacom , CBS Corporation , Time Warner , News Corp , Bertelsmann AG , Sony , General Electric , Vivendi SA , The Walt Disney Company , Hearst Corporation , Organiza 鋏 e s Globo and Lagard 鑽e Group . [4] [5] [6] As of 2010, The Walt Disney Company is the world's largest media conglomerate , with News Corporation , Time Warner and Viacom ranking second, third and fourth respectively. [10]
The government is heavily involved in the media and the largest media organizations (namely CCTV , the People's Daily , and Xinhua ) are agencies of the Party-State. Media taboos include topics such as the legitimacy of the Communist Party of China , the governance of Tibet , and Falun Gong . Within those restrictions there is a diversity of the media and fairly open discussion of social issues …The diversity in mainland Chinese media is partly because most state media outlets are no longer heavily subsidized by the government, and are expected to pay for themselves through commercial advertising … Financial incentives are also used to control journalists' behavior… The withdrawal of government media subsidies has caused many newspapers (including some owned by the Communist Party) in tabloids to take bold editorial stands critical of the government, as the necessity to attract readers and avoid bankruptcy has been a more pressing fear than government repression . Television broadcasting is controlled by China Central Television (CCTV), which, with its 16 program channels, is the country's only national network. under the dual supervision of the Propaganda Department , responsible ultimately for media content, and the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television. CCTV produces its own news broadcasts three times a day and is the country's most powerful and prolific television program producer. It also has a monopoly on purchases of programming from overseas. All local stations are required to carry CCTV's 7 p.m. main news broadcast; an internal CCTV survey indicates that nearly 500 million people countrywide regularly watch this program.
