This past week in class, we talked about globalization in terms of culture from a religious perspective and from a media standpoint. I thought the media topic seemed to be intriguing.
Globalization has changed the face of new over the past few decades. In 1983, 90% of American media was owned by 50 different companies and now only 6 companies control the same percentage of news. We were talking in class about how there is a lot of conformity forming in the news. One would think that the new sources Al Jazeera America would offer a different opinion on different global issues. However, most of the stories that they reported on were reported the same amount of times as other news stations.
Some people say it is globalization that is creating this uniformity in the news, however I disagree.
To be honest, I think why Al Jazeera America reports pretty much the same thing as other American stations is because of the fact that they show what the readers want to hear. If Americans want to believe that Afghan government made a bad decision or something, Al Jazeera is going to present information that displays that. Americans are not going to listen to this news if they do not agree with it, let's be honest here. In another country, Al Jazeera may report a different perspective if they are reporting in another country.
Here is a graphic that shows the amount of reporting Al Jazeera does in comparison to other American news stations.
http://www.journalism.org/files/legacy/u36/3-Messages_in_Cable_News_Coverage_of_Syria.png
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