Politico-media complex
The term politico-media complex (PMC) refers to a close and symbiotic type of relationship between a state's political classes, particularly any ruling class, its media industry, and any interactions with or dependencies upon an analogous interest group, such as the so-called military-industrial complex (MIC).
As a pejorative term, PMC refers to a form of institutionalized collusion primarily between mainstream media (MSM) news distribution organizations and the current government under which they labor. Critics have pointed out such a relationship may have an adverse effect on democracy and be used to distort public opinion.[1][2]
References
- ^ Rawnsley, Andrew (May 13, 2001). "Comment: INSIDE POLITICS: A conspiracy that threatens democracy: With politicians and the media feeding each other's cynicism, it's no wonder people say they are bored. But you give up your vote at your peril". The Observer. Guardian Newspapers, Limited. p. 29. Retrieved 2007-07-16.
The politico-media complex has locked itself into a cycle where politicians and journalists feed each other's negativity.
- ^ Jenkins, Simon (September 8, 2006). "Comment & Debate: The weekend's 9/11 horror-fest will do Osama bin Laden's work for him: This repetitious publicity glorifies terrorism as a weapon of war, scaring us far more than the original explosions did". The Guardian. Guardian Newspapers, Limited. p. 36. Retrieved 2007-07-17.
This response has become 24-hour, seven-day-a-week amplification by the new politico-media complex, especially shrill where the dead are white people.
See also
Further reading
- Chandler, D. Positioning Of The Subject. Semiotics: The Basics. Routledge, 2007, ISBN 0-415-36375-6. pp. 186-190. (Weblink information found in 'External links.' [WFE])
- Ibid. Postructuralist Semiotics. pp. 217-221.
- Herman, E.S., Chomsky, N. Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media. Vintage, 1994, ISBN 0-375-71449-9.
- Oborne, P. Part III The Capturing of the Media. The Triumph of the Political Class. Simon & Schuster, 2007 ISBN 978-0-7432-9527-7. pp. 233-293.
- Smail, D. The Language of Anxiety. Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety. Dent, 1984 ISBN 0-094-77440-4. pp.81-98. (WFE)
External links
- A Very Special Relationship
- Blair's message for the media, Martin Kettle, Tuesday June 12, 2007. (Journalist Kettle finds outgoing Prime Minister Blair's attack on the 'ferality' of the media 'interesting.')
- David Smail's website
- How Murdoch plans to win friends and influence people, Paul Murphy, Thursday February 2, 2006. (Journalist Murphy refers to a memorandum: Project proposals and tools to communicate public affairs messages)
- Manufacturing Consent video documentary
- Revealed: Blair's talks with Murdoch on eve of war
- Semiotics: The Basics web version. For Positioning of the Subject, select Modes of Address and 'Find (on This Page)' [twice]
- The Propaganda Model: A Retrospective, Edward S. Herman, December 9, 2003
- "Trust Me, I'm Gordon - Not Tony". BBC News. 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2008-08-05., John Ware, Panorama, BBC One at 2030 GMT on Monday 25 June, 2007