Challenging the Media Monopoly

Economics -> American Capitalism and Social Justice Spring 12

Introduction

Media-Octopus

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FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting

FAIR is a national media watch group. The organization is anti-censorship and calls for more diversity in the media. they scrutinize modern media practices and work to defend the jounalists who voices are constantly muzzled. FAIR works with both journalists and activists across the country to construcitvely critize news outlets as well as provide hard hitting journalism of their own. <ref name= "FAIR">"What's FAIR?" FAIR: Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting. Web. 09 May 2012. <http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=100>. </ref>

Center for Media and Democracy

The Center for Media Democracy (CMD) is a non-profit investgative reporting group who focuses on exposing corporate spin and government propaganda. The public interest group is national, independent, non-partisan and accepts no government or for-profit corporatio funding. <ref name= "PR Watch">"About Us." Center for Media and Democracy. Web. 09 May 2012. <http://www.prwatch.org/cmd>. </ref>

Ways in which CMD Educates the Public:

• Publishes online magazines, PR Watch and The Spin
• Manages SourceWatch
• Launches original investigations
• Supports strategic public education campaigns

Media Education Foundation: documentary films. challenging media.

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The mission of the Media Education Foundation is to inspire the American public to critically think about the social, political and cultural impact on mass media, through documentary films. The foundation is a non profit organization, which aspires to help shape the way young people think about race,class, gender, health and politic's participation in Democracy in order to strengthen the voice of independent, non-corporate media. From pop-culture misogeny and sexism to the war on oil, the MEF tries to spark discussions in the classroom about some of the most complex, yet critical issues of our time. <ref name="MEF">"About MEF | Media Education Foundation." About MEF. Web. 09 May 2012. <http://www.mediaed.org/wp/about-mef>.</ref>

Project Censored: Media Democracy in Action

Project Censored was founded by Carl Jensen in 1976. The organization's mission is to present students and the public with the News stories that are underreported, ignored, misrepresented, or censored by the US corporate media. They also make it their priority to educate students on the role of free press in a free society. Over the past 30 years, through their partnership with SSU, Project Censored has trained over 1,500 SSU (Sonoma State University) students in investigative research in order to protect the American public against modern censorship. The organization defines modern censorship as subtle, yet constant and sophisticated manipulation of reality in our mass media outlets. The orgnization's list of the top 25 most censored nationally ranked news stories tries to counteract corporate media censorship as best as it can.<ref name= "Project Censored"> "ABOUT | Project Censored." Project Censored. Web. 09 May 2012. <http://www.projectcensored.org/about/>. </ref>

Center for Digital Democracy

The Center for Digital Democracy (CCD) is a leading consumer protection and privacy organization who is at the forefront of research, public education, and advocacy for protecting consumers. They aspire to keep consumers, as well as policy makers and the press, informed on contemporary digital marketing issues.<ref name= "CDD"> "About CDD." Center for Digital Democracy. Web. 09 May 2012. <http://www.democraticmedia.org/about-cdd>.</ref>

Issues Researching

• Digital health issues
• Digital marketing
• Digital Privacy
• Youth digital marketing

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