The Importance Of Media Control

The importance of media control

According to Noam Chomsky, an American philosopher and linguistmedia that will be described later and that has been analyzed over the years, later as until today it is reflected in their behavior, but also mentions the ideal ways in which the media should be applied andNot as previously it had been understanding how it should be applied to democracy in a society, but some contributions of thinkers who consider it important to have a control of the media are also mentioned.

The document is mainly based on the function that the media play in contemporary politics, which makes us question ourselves in what way or what type of social life is what we want to live and how we choose to be governed, makesmention that the type of democracy that we adopt must be important because based on this we will be undergoing a society, on the one hand, it is that the people opt for their own interests and resources that lead to participating in a way and significantlyAnd on the other hand that the media intervene in people’s decisions, this because the media have the freedom to express different types of information.

The concept of democracy has as its main idea to prevent the people from participating in the organization of themselves and for all and therefore it is about avoiding decision making without the consent of other individuals who are participating in a society, but throughFrom time also revolutions arose in which there have been more changes, for example one of them have been the media that are used as instruments in which information is transmitted and that is used in one way or another in a democracy,But it is not always ideal to use them, since sometimes they generate conflicts in which citizens are able to interpret them.

"The first historical notes of propaganda"

In this first historical note about propaganda, it is given by a ruler, this was given by the mandate of Woodrow Wilson who was a lawyer and politic That year the First World War in which the population did not opt ​​for to participate or be part of the European War, however, Woodrow Wilson makes the decision that the country had to get involved in the conflict and therefore creates a commission of Government propaganda for it to force the participation of society in that war that later that commission took by name Creel commission, which subsequently in a period of six months achieved to change posture to the population, from a peaceful to another furious with Desire to fight with German enemies and with the intention of defending the world; Otherwise, for when some type of conflict was presented, the same strategies were used to defend and solve problems that would harm them in their well -being, but they were also used as media, which allowed them to obtain advantages of these propaganda techniques that were He knew at that time as red fear, but this was due to this means of communication was to influence the attitude of the population.

Among the same population were able to influence among the rest of the population in case they would face another similar case should join to terrorize the enemies and thus they would continue to be considered as the members of a smarter community, they made believe that the GermansThey performed really frightening atrocities, horrible things This was used as a means of propaganda with the purpose of making almost the majority of the world believe that there was a good reason to make a war in which they would also control the thought of the mostwise and with this they would take into account that propaganda worked properly in the state and how we can see that this type of medium of communication worked historically and continues to work until the most current days.

"The spectator’s democracy"

On the other hand, here they are considered outstanding figures and makes us mention of an important political analyst Walter Lippmann, his thought manifested in liberal democracy that is a way of governing in a representative way in which the elected representatives when making a decision considered theState Law, that is, there is the priority that the people be part of the process and to raise awareness that their individual rights will be protected as established in the Constitution. Walter mentions progressive theory that are ideas that lead to social welfare and talks about public opinion not considered all since some individuals only watched over their own interests and stressed that it was important to form an elite between special and responsible classesThat they will be given the task of seeing for the common interests of the people, it also makes a comparison that in historical events popular groups were the ones who made decisions for the people for example Marxism and Leninism who led to the people with their ideologies andas they resemble the ideologies of other revolutionaries and with it Walter that is where you must give a liberal democracy where they are able to see where the power is and that all rationally choose their ruler and do not consider them as useless massesthat are not able to be free and realize how from one time to another they can experience new positions.

Walter Lippmann considers that to live properly among citizens democratically it is convenient to classify them in different types of citizens;On the one hand, the people who collaborate in one way or another actively various economic systems and social organizations that would ensure their community rights and interests to this small percentage of the entire population that would carry out various activities for social welfare andOn the other hand, all those who did not participate actively or directly to which Lippmann called the bewildered flock who considers that they are not to take care of their own problems since they needed a specialized class that took care of the people’s affairs butWith this, do not let them be manipulated by the media that are controlled to intervene public opinion.

Public relations another means of communication that the United States created and that became a company that constituted huge amounts of money per year, in order to intervene in public opinion and as such was of precise results, those that presented a greater problem forIndependent companies something similar happened in World War I for 1935 in which the great depression and other aspects that caused various conflicts were generated, but thanks to the law of economist Adolph Wagner, workers were organized independently;since the previous form of liberal democracy, that Walter Lippmann had managedwork together to achieve a harmonic country.

It makes a comparison of what are public relations and democracy, the first tells us that they are people who are dedicated to doing their job that is to promote and instill values to people so that in some way or another they are more rational and know howbehave before society and democracy that looks at a specialized class to lead the rest watching for their interests.

As mentioned earlier in World War I had people who were very peaceful with what happened in the middle of the war and that is why it is decided to seek the support of the population through the manufacture of public opinion that consisted of stimulating and persuadingTo people to obtain their support and face conflicts in the war, for 1954 Bernays the inventor of the propaganda theory had an achievement when he was in charge of the public relationship of the United Fruit Company, which was when the United States was intervened with his militaryTo end the capitalist democratic government, which until these days has been the subject. Although institutions have been destroyed, it has not been able to with the Church that is one of the main means in which political references are made;That is why it is said that the bewildered flock is considered ignorant because it does not realize that manipulation in freedom of expression is used and the lack of knowledge is persuaded by institutions and thus the elites coincided with the idea thatDrolling democracy and only they would privilege, but the struggle did not work since democracy achieved a political change and changed public opinion.

In the presentation as a reality, it tells us that on the other hand it will be correct not to know about historical facts since they are sick made of violent things that happened and when we understand only new ideas of how to defend and protect ourselves from similar situations The examples are in theWars for example in Vietnam who took with them people of different ages and occupations and were involved in different movements looking for peace and tranquility for everyone depending on the type of society that is lived.

Subsequently, the dissident culture tells us that its movement had survived and experienced and that is when there are more popular and outstanding movements that, based on protests, no They were affected, they mention three types of main movements that are feminist and antinuclear environmentalists which obtained very good lessons since public opinion considered them as popular movements at that time; It tells us that propaganda and all the media have been used to change citizens’ thoughts but from 1960 the ideas of men and women have changed to not use violence to solve problems if they have not taken different positions , in the case of women they have created a feminist movement that refers to defending their rights and much of women have realized that they are not alone, although on the one hand it would not be the right thing if everyone would opt for a thought logical and take into account equitably, both men and women, on the other hand mention that if people can do this type of organizations in which they seek to be valued and taken into account as what it is, and this type of movements so that from home it is not controlled by the modern media, for example, the TV that is a means of communication that transmits various types of information and S and political, social, economic, etc. If it is not to avoid these situations that only manipulate the thought of the person and that it is very difficult to control until today.

However, instead of thinking about past events we should assess what happens in the present and what is yet to come every time there are economic, social, political and even environmental problems and very few are given the task of solving these problems,It is necessary to pay attention to these types of situations since in recent years nobody proposes alternatives to solve these daily problems.

If the bewildered flock realOwn enemy is one after the other and we should defend themselves, for example, it tells us that the Russians who were the bad with them to suspend them from these who were the ones who brought with them the problems and that this would lead them to support any action and decision forface the enemy and do not get distracted at home without knowing what really happens around him.

In the Gulf War does not say that well -greased propagandTo alter behaviors, in this war people see that the force made to Iraq is the force that America must use to face foreign countries, and that would happen if that was thought for the political issue in the United States and thatThe success of propaganda does not occur everywhere but where nothing else suits some.

It was previously mentioned, the democracy of the Iraqis was excluded since they only saw in themselves justifying the war that those who faced in the war had to stop them with the resources that were.

Finally, it tells us that not only the media have intervened in informative manipulation, but this has been giving over the years but also different movements, social, economic, political, health and education problemsThey are mainly what hinders society that, instead of looking for resources to solve these types of problems, but it also shows us that we need to be aware of what will happen if we do not, and what this article meansIt is that all the facts are considered and taken as a historical reference and we are prepared by the present and what is to come and that society is aware and make the best decisions to cope with a life free of manipulations.