Original scientific paper

MEDIA THEORIES AND REALITY

France Vreg ; Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Abstract

In this article I direct attention to the fact that media powers cannot be discovered in formal state institutions only, but they need to be disclosed in informal and hidden institutions as well, which have impact on both the power and inability of the media. I point out that the real source of power is very often hidden behind formal political procedures: the process of democracy is just a facade ruled by true sources of political and economic power. I pinpoint the problem of truthful reporting and media manipulation. I dwell upon the Langs and Katz's critique of the Langs. The Langs have wrongly presumed that television truthfully reproduces 'reality'. Katz claims that television only provided with different presentation of reality. So television presented reality and also changed the reality it presented. The media have the power to decide how to construct reality. The media also show their 'inability', when they are forced to shout consciously or unconsciously such or a different construction of an event.

Keywords

media; communication; politics

Hrčak ID:

21511

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/21511

Publication date:

28.9.2007.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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