Media English 100 Alex Martin Spencer Hall Rajan

Media English 100 Alex Martin, Spencer Hall, Rajan Shivhare, Timmy Wu, Austin Nguyen, Colin Smalcel, Mac Ward

Ownership

Big Owners of Media Rupert Murdoch - Former CEO of 21 st Century Fox, now exec co chairman Chairman of News Corp → owns Wall. Street. Journal and New. York. Post Created Fox News Mark “the zuck” Zuckerberg - Facebook Bezos - Amazon Washington Post

Media Ownership: The Big 6 In 1983, 90% owned by 50 companies → 90% now owned by 6 companies 6 Media Corporations control 90% of what we read, watch, or listen to General Electric (GE) → Universal Pictures, NBC, Comcast News Corp → Fox, Wall. Street. Journal, New. York. Post Disney → ABC, ESPN, Pixar, Marvel Studios Viacom → MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures Time Warner → HBO, Warner Bros CBS → CBS News, CBS News Radio

Media Ownership: Who Presents What Television: → The Big 6 control 70% of cable News: → 178 Million unique users read Time Warner News every month → Almost 3 x the amount of Google News → News. Corp owns the top newspaper in N. America, Europe, Australia Movies: → Big 6’s box office 2010 hit 7 billion (2 x amount next 140 Studios)

Media Ownership: Canadian Media Corus (Shaw) - Global, Disney XD, Nickelodeon (Canada) Bell - CTV, TSN, HBO Canada Rogers - Sportsnet, City. TV, GQ These 3 control 70% of Canadian media Other Canadian Media Corporations - CBC - Newcap - Quebecor

Online Media Ownership Facebook - Instagram, Whats. App, Oculus Amazon - Whole Foods, Twitch, Audible Alphabet (Google) - You. Tube, Motorola, Nest Labs

Alphabet’s Acquisitions

International Government Control of Media

Government Control of Media - CHINA ● The “Great Firewall” / Golden Shield Project ○ ○ ○ Online censorship and surveillance effort “Political Stability” Media Policy Two million people monitor Media licenses Political party. Media must reflect the party’s interests and promote them ● Blocked sites ○ Ex: Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram ● We. Chat

Government Control of Media - CHINA ● Tiananmen Square in 1989 ● Winnie the Pooh

Government Control of Media- NORTH KOREA ● Kim Il Sung ○ Federation of Literature and Art ● Artwork and Propaganda ○ ○ ○ Portraits of the three supreme leaders Statues, Flyers Music blasting at the DMZ ● Internet ○ World Wide Web only for elite officials and tourists ● Intranet ○ Automatic screenshots for government officials ● Phones ● TV

The United States and the fate of the Free Press

Freedom of the Press What Defines a Free Media? -Safety for journalists -Limited government interference -broad political coverage -absence of legal or economic pressures -one in less than seven people (13% of world’s population) enjoy a free press

The United States and the Media Decline of the Free Press: -turbulent political climate -crack down on leaked information to the media -Freedom of Information Act -repeal of net neutrality -financial instability of long standing news outlets

POTUS and the Media -openly hostile towards the press -”fake news”, “enemy of the state”, “opposition party” -Chilling effect on media in US and internationally -unequal treatment of media outlets https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=9 jt. PC 2_NRg. I

US Influence on Domestic and International Media -similar tactics used in authoritarian governments -can lead to more severe restrictions on the media -greater government control of information

THE DARK WEB

The Scams of the Deep Web - Many forms of scams - - Phishing links - Hidden Wiki Hitmen - Say they’ll kill someone for X amount of bitcoin. - Donald trump fundraiser Synthetic drug scams - Selling plaster as cocaine, plastic as shatter Government secret service’s like to monitor these websites and put false ads up in hopes of catching criminals

Hacking and viruses on the Deep Web - Hackers on the Dark web - - - Hacking forums Can learn how to hack, remove viruses Trojan forge, Hack This Site White hat and Black hat hackers Generally kind community Cicada 3301 Recruitment for elite hackers through ARG’s Apparent members recruited by the group suggest that they were trying to increase privacy on the internet for people Viruses and types of attacks that are developed on the dark web - Trojan viruses Very common and very easy to get onto your computer through dark web. Polymorphic viruses Ransomware Exploit kits DDOS attack Serious threat for companies Keyloggers Tracks everything you type and hackers can deduce your password from this Exit nodes

Media Manipulation

1. News Media Censorship ● Multiple leaders in national news ○ Time Magazine ○ CNN ○ BBC ● Portrays a different image of North American life ○ Frivolous ● Modern generation/society too sensitive?

2. Image Manipulation

“The advertisement is the most truthful part of a newspaper” -Thomas Jefferson (d. 1826) “If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're misinformed” -Mark Twain (d. 1910)

3. Industry Marketing “Touch-Ups” ● Has become a norm ● Profit > Truth ● Company examples: ○ Olay ○ GQ ○ Men’s Fitness ○ Cosmopolitan

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