Today’s lesson was all about the history of media, which completely changed how I thought about it.
Although we have covered this field of learning in Ms.Sawada’s English lesson, there were lots of useful
knowledge which I will always remind myself from now on. Until before, I used to think that media is a
trustful thing which I can take as truth. However, what Mr.Paterson told us was that media is "unreliable".
At the beginning of the lesson, I was not very sure about the specific reason why media is unreliable, but
as the lesson moved on, I got to learn that there are 5 main filters that the media goes through. They are;
Ownership, Advertisements, Flak, Acess, and Ideology (The information is listed below in the class
notes). I felt very frustrated about this fact. These filters are there only for a handful of people's profit and
benefit who are controlling the media, and because of this, we are receiving the wrong/unreliable
information. When media is hiding the essential information, we are unnoticed about the facts we should
have been informed of if the media did not cut them out, and I believe this will lead to misunderstanding
of the reality. From today's lesson, there are two things I thought will be necessary to improve the current
condition. First thing is that more people should be educated about this fact. We just happened to know
this fact, because Mr.Paterson was acknowledged, and had taught them to us as a part of the curriculum,
but even in the school, people who do not have his lesson will not be informed and will keep on trusting
the media. The other thing is that we must look into the reality ourselves, or at least be a little suspicious
towards the information we get from the media. In conclusion, if the media shadows the trustworthy
facts, we must fully utilize the critical thinking skills, to find out what is real and what is not.
Although we have covered this field of learning in Ms.Sawada’s English lesson, there were lots of useful
knowledge which I will always remind myself from now on. Until before, I used to think that media is a
trustful thing which I can take as truth. However, what Mr.Paterson told us was that media is "unreliable".
At the beginning of the lesson, I was not very sure about the specific reason why media is unreliable, but
as the lesson moved on, I got to learn that there are 5 main filters that the media goes through. They are;
Ownership, Advertisements, Flak, Acess, and Ideology (The information is listed below in the class
notes). I felt very frustrated about this fact. These filters are there only for a handful of people's profit and
benefit who are controlling the media, and because of this, we are receiving the wrong/unreliable
information. When media is hiding the essential information, we are unnoticed about the facts we should
have been informed of if the media did not cut them out, and I believe this will lead to misunderstanding
of the reality. From today's lesson, there are two things I thought will be necessary to improve the current
condition. First thing is that more people should be educated about this fact. We just happened to know
this fact, because Mr.Paterson was acknowledged, and had taught them to us as a part of the curriculum,
but even in the school, people who do not have his lesson will not be informed and will keep on trusting
the media. The other thing is that we must look into the reality ourselves, or at least be a little suspicious
towards the information we get from the media. In conclusion, if the media shadows the trustworthy
facts, we must fully utilize the critical thinking skills, to find out what is real and what is not.
Below are the notes from the class;
traditional media-tv
-radio
-newspapers
There are 5 filters
1. Ownership - media requires a lot of money, so only rich people(1%) can (could) own media, and they are the ones who control the whole media. “dictate” what is going on in the media. US: 7 companies own 80%, Japan: 5 companies.
2. Advertising - since the media gains money through ads, if there is something that offences the product by the company which the media is contracting with, there is a high possibility that the truth will not be broadcasted, as they may stop the contract so they may not publish the news. Japan has agencies acting as connectors when one company stops, it will lose a lot of money. so they won't put on the true news, losing the viewer's trust
3. flak - military word, a threat to the loss of profit. by creating the deficit not directly, the news may not be published. another one could be to waste time so that the company cannot do the normal business
=> money
4. Access - by taking away the access to the news, it did not allow the media companies to get info. Japan has Kisha kai (only famous companies are allowed to join/no foreigners). and are allowed to join important conferences. easy to prove politician's lies.
5. ideology - there is no true meaning to right wing and left wing, there are many viewpoints
we cannot really rely on media as it mostly mentions good things, not something that will be a disadvantage to the company/cooperation.
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