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ISSUES HAUNTING BROADCAST JOURNALISTS. UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION ART STUDIES PROF JEFFREY P. DEATRAS BSBC, MPSDC, PHD (CANDIDATE). Ownership and Oligarchy. One who owns is one who dictates what to write, said or shown. Is it public service or purely business?
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ISSUES HAUNTING BROADCAST JOURNALISTS UNIVERSITY OF THE EAST DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION ART STUDIES PROF JEFFREY P. DEATRAS BSBC, MPSDC, PHD (CANDIDATE)
Ownership and Oligarchy • One who owns is one who dictates what to write, said or shown. • Is it public service or purely business? • When to be a watchdog or lapdog? • Messages are not what public may uisbenefit but what could sell among target consumers. • Public as consumers rather than citizens. • Journalists as entrepreneurs rather than thinkers. • Profits guised in symbols of rights.