15.02.23

An example of a primary definer is....

• Teacher

• Government ministers

• Doctors

• Journalists

Answer explanation

A primary definer is a powerful group which has easier and more effective access to the media

This neo-Marxist argues that most journalists rank primary definers as more important or credible than pressure groups, trade unionists or ordinary people

• Gramsci

• Hall

• Bagdikian

• McChesney

They have highlighted the unethical culture and practices of some sections of the news media

• Keeble and Mair

• Kibble and Mayre

• Herman and Chomsky

• Hall

Objective news values are an ideological myth invented by media owners to present the corporate media as 'neutral'

• Hall

• McChesney

• Galtung and Ruge

• Keeble and Mair

News gathering is largely shaped by market forces; as a result news values are not objective because they are shaped by neo-liberal and conservative ideology

• Hall

• GUMG

• McChesney

• Herman and Chomsky

Take a hegemonic Marxist perspective and argue that the way in which news is gathered and presented is actually the product of the middle class backgrounds of most journalists and editors

• Schlesinger

• McChesney

• GUMG

• Snowden