Thursday, 9 November 2017

News Corp.

Who is Rupert Murdoch? 
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Keith Rupert Murdoch, AC KCSG is an Australian-born American media mogul. His father, Sir Keith Murdoch, had been a reporter, editor, and senior executive of the Herald and Weekly Times newspaper Owns News Corp, which is a conglomerate that owns financial news services and wireless media, harpercollins, new york post, news UK
Also owns 21st Century Fox (film), Fox (TV), 39% SKY TV, Star TV (Asia)



  • Who are News Corp (and who were they)?
The original News Corporation or News Corp, they were American multinational mass media corporation headquartered in New York City. It was the world's fourth-largest media group in 2014 in terms of revenue,
  • Who is Rupert Murdoch and why are people scared of him?
  • 1211 Avenue of the Americas.jpgNews Corp logo 2013.svghe is a media mogul
  • successful businessman or entrepreneur that control through personal or via a dominant in any media related content
  • he owns news crop, fox tv, these are both conglomerates that own financial services + wireless media
  • his news channels are racist (it's what the people want)
What is Media Plurality? And why do we need it? The information that people consume on a daily basis, which informs their views and perspective on the world. 'Media plurality' means having a diversity of viewpoints available and consumed across the media
  • What does Power without Responsibility (Curran and Seaton) mean? It's a book written by James Curran and Jean Seaton, it's about history of the news media dated all the way back from the eighteenth century to the present. It'd probably mean when one has power and takes advantage of it/takes it for granted, but they wouldn't be responsible for what happens to society or the people around them.

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