OC Media and Society Media Conglomerate Motivation Discussion – Description
DISCUSSION TOPIC
M2 After watching John Oliver: Sinclair Broadcasting Group, Think about how viewers can be impacted by television, radio, film, and other mediums being owned by a large media cooperations.
Use these prompts to guide your discussion- How does this change your thoughts toward the media that you watch? Can media conglomerates create bias? How? Other than Sinclair, are there other media companies that seem like a small company but are actually part of a large cooperation?
Respond to at least 2 of your classmates:
AARON MCKOWN
I did not know that a company could own that many news outlets. It does change how I view the news outlet and what may be presented to me. It feels like the news could not be unbiased but one companies’ agenda that they are pushing to align other people’s views with theirs. Meia conglomerates can one hundred percent create biases. When one media conglomerate controls the majority of the outlets in which people use as their source of media, whether its news or otherwise, it allows for only one point of view to be seen. It limits other sources and therefore creates biases. One media company that I have never heard of but actually owns a large number of outlets is national amusements. To name a few of the big ones they own, Nickelodeon, MTV, CB, Showcase, Paramount, and a lot more.
ELIZABETH MONTOYA
after watching the Sinclair broadcasting group video, we must be more careful on what we watch, and do further research, instead of automatically believing everything we see on the news. Now, it makes me realize that the content I’ve watched, news, for instance, may have been untruthful segments, and only created a manipulated thought on a certain topic. Obviously, this changes everything. by becoming aware of this, i prefer to find out what broadcasting group owns my local news. instead of 100% believing everything the news says, I will do further research through reliable and integrated sources.
the problem with this, is people who only rely in TV news will more likely believe everything. especially people who are more conservative. for example, the segment on Muslim burkinis falling under the terrorism desk.
as John Oliver mentions, Muslim burkinis have nothing to do with terrorism.
Media can create bias by using certain sources/ stories to prove a point on a topic. sometimes making audience believe that’s how it is. In news for example, some content is biased on political views, one towards republicans, and the other towards democrats. it is important for us to look past the bias viewpoints in media, and do further research, creating our own views and opinions.
A media company aside from Sinclair and that is actually a large media company is Nexstar media group Inc.
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