The term elite media refers to newspapers, radio stations, TV channels, and other media that are deemed to serve a political or economic elite and influence the
political agenda of other
mass media. According to Noam Chomsky’s
Propaganda Model, "
e elite media set a framework within which others operate”.
The term can have different meanings depending on political ideology e.g.''
The New York Times'' is used as an example of elite media in the context of a criticism of
class society and corporate hierarchy by Chomsky, an
anarchist
Anarchism is a political philosophy and movement that is skeptical of all justifications for authority and seeks to abolish the institutions it claims maintain unnecessary coercion and hierarchy, typically including, though not neces ...
intellectual, while conservative
Bill O'Reilly, uses the term to identify liberals with elites while associating the right, including wealthy businessmen, with the interests of common people.
Conservatives often use "Elite media" or "Media elite" in a
pejorative context, alleging that the reporting is biased and untrustworthy—-associating liberalism with
elites who, unlike conservatives, have disdain for working-class needs and values.
See also
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Academic elitism
Elitism is the belief or notion that individuals who form an elite—a select group of people perceived as having an intrinsic quality, high intellect, wealth, power, notability, special skills, or experience—are more likely to be construc ...
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Liberal elite
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Media studies
Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly ...
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Noam Chomsky
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Media cross-ownership in the United States
Media cross-ownership is the common ownership of multiple media sources by a single person or corporate entity. Media sources include radio, broadcast television, specialty and pay television, cable, satellite, Internet Protocol television (IPTV) ...
References
Journalism
Political mass media in the United States
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