Media and Society: Understanding Impacts

Ruling Elite

• Media consciously promotes the interests of the ruling elite.
• Mainstream society accepts manipulated information.
• News is distorted to favor the ruling class.

Money Machine

• News organizations prioritize profit over ideology.
• News coverage is driven by viewership, not journalistic integrity.

Grassroots

• News reflects public biases and preferences.
• Ordinary events are exaggerated.
• News adapts to what people want to see.

Professional Subculture

• Journalists verify stories from multiple sources.
• Accuracy is paramount in journalism.
• Stories should be presented in a relatable way.
• Stories are written with a specific audience in mind.

Moral Panic

• Heightened public fear about a subgroup.
• Society's demonization of a group.
• Fear becomes a dominant narrative.
• Feared group is often disproportionately blamed.
• Fears of the group rise and fall quickly.

Drug Use And Related Violence

• Pharmacological School: Drugs cause violence.
• Sociocultural School: Social factors influence drug use and violence.
• Predisposition Model: Individuals predisposed to violence may use drugs.

Drug Use And Crime

• Enslavement Model: Drug use leads to crime.
• Predisposition Model: Those predisposed to crime are more likely to use drugs.
• Intensification Model: Drugs exacerbate existing criminal behaviour.

Drug Trafficking

• Pure Agricultural Model: Drugs derived directly from plants.
• Pure Chemical Model: Lab-produced drugs.
• Mixed Model: Combination of agricultural and chemical methods.
• Different network structures: Markets, wheel, chain.

Drug Use And Violence (Continued)

• Psychopharmacological: Drug effects directly cause violence.
• Intentional Violence: Violence aimed as a direct result of drug use.
• Economic Compulsive Violence: Violence due to economic pressures (need for money to support drug use).
• Systemic Violence: Societal conditions lead to drug-related violence.

This quiz delves into the intricate relationship between media, society, and the ruling elite. Explore concepts like moral panic, grassroots movements, and the professional standards in journalism. Test your knowledge on how media influences public perception and the implications of profit-driven news coverage.