In the media there are many interpretations and opinions of
topics that can either make the public more informative, or unknown to the way
the media can be easily mediated, to fit its purpose.
One example of how the media mediates its material is the
London riots. Images were published in the daily mail embodying how a Black man
was repeatedly vandalising property. This very image could be viewed on other
news coverage websites with a white male doing the very same as the Black mail.
This cause great outrage and indignation amidst the debates
about whether the riots were racially motivated. However this is a great
example of how the media can intervene in changing the perception of a certain
ethnic group. This mediation is very typical in within this type of general
news coverage. Marxist provides one theory as to why the media might manipulate
certain events and they believe that the media conglomerates in capitalist
societies need to make a profit and therefore present certain ethnicities in a
negative light because it sells. This is a very warped way of thinking as it
basically suggests that the media has now resulted in deliberately portraying
news negatively to make a profit.
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