The document discusses issues with modern news media. It notes that access to vital information has become dependent on ability to pay as news corporations prioritize profits. This has created a gap between the information-rich who can afford elite publications and the information-poor. The evolution of news into a big business means it now exhibits commercial tendencies, compromising non-partisan reporting. Crucial information the public needs for political decisions is often confined to expensive publications.

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3. The mass media, culture and society News agencies, transnationalisationand the new order Done by: Ivan Reddy

4. Content Article Overview Key takeaway messages Personal Rating Issues for Discussion

5. Article overview The free market system denies access to the vital information for the citizenry by making access a monetary function News broadcasting have been affected by corporations and big businesses Crucial and vital information can be found in elite newspapers and magazines Widening gap of the information rich and information poor

6. Key takeaway messages News agencies face a constant struggle in non-partisan reporting Evolution of news from a commodity to a big business exhibiting business tendencies as a whole A highly stratified system emerges where vital information needed for political judgments is confined to the elite publications only

7. Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7vjJXfKqzw

8. Critics Having news is still good news Having chicken rice for lunch everyday is still good because I have food Wearing the same underwear everyday to class is still good because I have clothes “Why settle for mediocrity when one can strive for excellence”– Ivan Brandon Reddy

9. Personal Rating “If you don’t read the newspaper, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspaper, you are misinformed.” – Mark Twain

10. Issues for Discussion When you watch news on television today, how skeptical or receptive are you to it? Will there ever be a time when we experience totally neutral news reporting? Why/Why not?