{"id":97230,"date":"2023-03-25T11:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-25T15:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=97230"},"modified":"2023-03-31T09:32:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T13:32:34","slug":"media-elite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/media-elite\/","title":{"rendered":"How &#038; Why America&#8217;s Media Elite Stole Power From the People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How did the emergence of radio and television affect the political scene in America? Is the internet a solution to the problem\u2014or just more of the problem?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over time, the American people have lost political power. C. Wright Mills identifies the media as one of the three institutions that control the relationship between the people and their political circumstances. He explains how and why the media elite gradually took power away from the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continue reading to understand the connection between the media and political power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-media-elite\">The Media Elite<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Mills explores how the American people have lost power. He argues that, due to changes in media and political organization, many Americans feel powerless to influence their political circumstances\u2014a situation that has contributed to a broad national sense of unease and loss of control. Mills suggests that this sense of unease can eventually lead to large-scale political violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mills argues that <strong>the growing centralization of the media\u2014resulting in a media elite<strong>\u2014<\/strong>has taken power and influence away from the American people<\/strong>. This centralization first occurred when new technologies like radio and television made it easier for a few people to reach many, while lax regulation allowed a few major corporations to dominate the media industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mills believes that media centralization has taken power away from the American people for two main reasons. Let&#8217;s examine each one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-fewer-opinions\">#1: Fewer Opinions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Centralization of media has reduced the number of opinions and viewpoints available to the public<\/strong>. Mills suggests there used to be many different opinions, viewpoints, and political narratives offered by various smaller media outlets. However, media centralization has slowly destroyed these smaller sources, meaning fewer and fewer corporations control more and more aspects of public opinion. Mills doesn\u2019t believe that all major news sources agree on everything, but he does believe that none of them question or challenge the power of the elite.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-less-discussion\">#2: Less Discussion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Average people are unable to respond to or challenge mass media in meaningful ways<\/strong>. Previously, if an individual wanted to challenge a media opinion, they could either contact the media source directly, present their opposing opinion in a different media outlet, or discuss their opinion with members of their community. However, the centralization of media makes this all unlikely or even impossible\u2014individuals don\u2019t have platforms to express these opinions in a way that others will notice, and they can\u2019t act on their opinions in any significant way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>The Internet and Centralization<\/strong><br><br>Has the development of the internet over the past 30 years counteracted the media centralization Mills discusses, or has it just been another example of it? Let\u2019s look at arguments on both sides, addressing Mills\u2019s concerns about the impact of media centralization:<br><br><strong>The internet is decentralized: <\/strong>Political commentators often contrast the internet with television to show its decentralized nature and democratizing effect. While television is a one-way medium controlled in large part by a few major networks, the internet allows everyone to communicate with each other and establish their own websites and communities. This addresses both of Mills\u2019s major concerns, allowing everyone to <a href=\"https:\/\/share.america.gov\/how-technology-can-strengthen-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">express their opinions, discuss political issues with one another, or even plan activist movements and protests<\/a>.<br><br><strong>The internet is centralized: <\/strong>Skeptics or outright critics of internet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/advantages-of-decentralization\/\">decentralization<\/a> view it as <a href=\"https:\/\/press.princeton.edu\/books\/paperback\/9780691138688\/the-myth-of-digital-democracy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a medium that has rapidly become just as centralized as others<\/a>. They note that voices on the internet don\u2019t carry even remotely equal weight, with a few select websites or users receiving far more attention than others. This means that while everyone can have a voice or discuss an issue, they may not be heard or have any impact. And critics point out that much like television networks before, <a href=\"https:\/\/techmonitor.ai\/technology\/networks\/big-tech-accounts-for-over-half-of-global-internet-traffic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a major portion of internet use is attributable to a few major companies<\/a>, such as Netflix and Facebook.&nbsp;<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How did the emergence of radio and television affect the political scene in America? Is the internet a solution to the problem\u2014or just more of the problem? Over time, the American people have lost political power. C. 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