Professor Jaszczerski LIB 100: Information Literacy Weblog

November 11, 2008

Media Bias and Ownership

Filed under: Library Instruction — Carla Jaszczerski @ 11:48 am

This week we learn about biased and unbiased information.  Max Weber coined the term objectivity (unbias) and much of his work was based on looking at things from a value-free perspective.

Weber is often quoted for ”don’t go dancing on Sunday” and is the author of The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism.

How does ownership impact the objectivity of the media.  The link here should give you questions about whose loyalty and best interests the media serves.  Is it to serve the general public or the interests of the few and wealthy, those who “owns the means of production”?”

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