How Media Portrays Revolution

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ABSTRACT

The global media has emerged and expanded drastically across the globe both on domestic levels and on the international forum. International media in particular has brought the array of revolutions throughout the nations. The following research paper will analyze the workings, the ways and the reasons that how the media has portrayed revolution.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abstractii

Introduction1

Discussions1

Kinds of Regulations in Media2

External regulation2

Internal Regulation2

Types of Media3

History of Media3

Geo-Political Situation of Today's World4

Definition of Geopolitics4

Geopolitics and the Media4

Role of Media5

United States and the Media6

Media and the 21st Century6

Role of Information Revolution and the Governments7

Methodology of Media9

Media Style of Presentation9

Types of Framing10

Episodic Framing10

Thematic Framing11

Comparison between the Two11

Media's Assessment Criteria12

Types of Framing12

Economic Frame13

Conflict Frame13

Powerlessness Frame14

Human Interest Frame15

Morality Frame15

Regional Solidarity15

Conclusions16

References18

How Media Portrays Revolution

Introduction

In recent years, the study of media policy, or how the media was regulated and controlled, was a key component of media studies (Fourie, 2008). Most of the media studies is related to the general acceptance and acknowledgements by governments, industries, laws and the public sector. Media studies have also focused on the society's politics, economics, social systems, collective psyche and the state of democracy and so on (Fourie, 2008).

Discussions

Media studies are the study of all the components and tools that have been used to convey the message across populations. The media industry has emerged during the last few years rapidly and has been widely accepted by the people. Thus, the research for the following paper lies on the line of the statement that 'How media portrays communication?' Therefore let's analyze the reasons and the ways for its operations that have got popularity and acceptance by the crowds in the international cities and the forums.

Media is the most active industry nowadays that is working to convey the information to the populations. Though, media plays its role within limitations in every country because communication freedom requires communication policy. In other words, “communication freedom can never be an unqualified freedom” (Fourie, 2008, p.3). There must be some kind of formal organization and control over the industry.

There are different types of media that are existed. Majorly the media is categorized in two mediums. There is the print media and the electronic media. Besides these two major categories, the social media has also emerged due to the technology and the advancements.

Types of Media

There are different types of media, and each has its own history and the development overtime. When people refer to the media they usually mean television, radio and print journalism (Cardwell, 2000). However, nowadays, with rapid growth of technology, social media such as, Facebook and Twitter become the most important source of news. Therefore, this comparative research will focus on those four kinds of media and their different levels of impacts on the society.

Thus, whatever kind of media that is working in any nation or society, needs to follow the rules and regulations that are obliged to it. These rules are combined in the shape of the policies. The policy as being majorly defined is a combination of ...