Blog for week 1 >who owns the media

Today it seems that everywhere we look the media is flashing something new in our faces. Billboards, television, Internet, benches, and the list can go on for a great length, but who is the real owner of these images and catch phrases we see everyday? In my eyes there is not one specific owner but that their is a certain class (wealthy) that have the control. The large corporations which own multiple franchises and chains of stores are the ones who use the media the most and they have the funds to do so. The government also controls a large part of the media and they use it to distract society of what is really occurring around the world. The amount of messages that flow through the media is so enormous but yet very thought out to the point that the people that do control what is sent out knows what will capture the attention of larger groups of people. Some may even say that it is not specific people that own the media but simply money and power; where ever these things are found is where the control lays. Because media is so broad and found in so many different places, almost everything has an effect on the media. When you are in a super market and at the check out magazines are starring at you and all of the stories revolve around people with money (celebrities) but when you truly think about what is being advertised, there really is no importance; once again this is a form of distraction. When all is said and done, those who control the media will send out what they please and society will buy into it. Money+power=control!