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#a level sociology #politics power authoritarianism #Youtube

What do you think? Does this help with how you have studied issues of power, inequality and control? Let me know as I walk in corridors swaddled in heat from a single star.

#a level sociology #inequality legitimation #power and control #Youtube

Ellis, 28, was executed in 1955 after fatally shooting her abusive partner David Blakely

Thoughts to me in our next lesson.

#sociology a level Domestic Violence

If you are studying Sociology for A Level you must start exploring media organisations outside of ‘legacy’ or main stream media. Every topic has a global dimension and focuses on power and therefore politics. Getting another viewpoint will help understand not just the media topic but all aspects of the course.

#media ownership corporate control #power and control #a level sociology #sociology media ownership and control politics concentration of ownership #Youtube

A U.S. Army photo outside Israel's secretive 'Site 81' underground bunker has been geolocated meters away from an Israeli Air Force tower wi

Worth some of your time?

#sociology ALevel Media Politics Human Rights and The Military

Targeting of Journalists by IDF,

What are your thoughts? Shouldn’t this be on the minds of all journalists? Is there enough coverage? How many journalists have lost their lives in Gaza?

Let me know what you know, think, feel.

#sociology News a level journalists #Youtube

#neo-Marxism Hegemony Sociology A Level #cultural Hegemony explained #Youtube

False claims obstructing climate action, say researchers, amid calls for climate lies to be criminalised

Consider this article an example of the damaging misinformation produced by media outlets. What are your thoughts? Let me know in our next session.

#a level sociology #sociology #ownership and control #news media #manufacturing consent #news as propaganda #news and climate change denial

Data analysing deaths of all 2,000 women killed by men since 2009 reveals hidden scourge of matricide

The Dark Side of the family. Often regarded as a private sphere and looked at through rose-tinted spectacles, Familes are often seen as good without any critical analysis by some. Many theorists have examined the negative consequences of the private nuclear family and also other family types they regard as deviant. This disturbing statistic adds more questions to the analysis of families and households. Perhaps you have some thoughts on this which you can share in lessons.

#a level sociology #couples families and households #the dark-side of the family #matricide domestic violence

A short clip that explains the many criticisms of concentration of media ownership if the media by a few billionaires or mega corporations. Does this have supporting evidence from other commentators? Some other evidences are provided here in the clip.

A great summary of the criticisms of media ownership by moguls? Let me know in our next session.

#sociology #a level sociology #ownership and control #Washington post Bezos interferes in editorial processes

The BBC is facing an internal revolt over its reporting on Israel’s war on Gaza. Owen Jones investigates.

Have a read…this will help with your understanding of how corporate or legacy media outlets have skewed reporting on Gaza since the latest phase of the siege has unfolded before our eyes.

#a level sociology #sociology #manufacturing consent #news as a social construct #ISA BBC

Mark Zuckerberg says company will ‘dramatically reduce censorship’ across Facebook, Instagram and Threads

Any takers? Here is a continuation of what may be called a trend. The centralisation and control of i formation. Or is this true freedom? Sounds like that debate on how the new media influences our cultures. Does it fit with what you have learnt about any of the theoretical views on the ownership and control of the media? Neophiliac or cultural pessimist? What about the fake accounts producing vast quantities of information that would have been deemed disinformation? What about those that can sponsor the spread of one idea over another? Probably lots you can connect to concentration of media ownership and gatekeeping and the role of fact checking for neo-pluralists.

I let you get back to it….stop reading now.

What no video?

#a level sociology #sociology #new media audiences a level sociology #new media culture globalization #new media ownership and control

Richest 1% bag nearly twice as much wealth as the rest of the world put together over the past two years | Oxfam International

It may be that many of you understand the vast disparities of the wealthy ‘sliver’ of society in comparison to the extra burdens of inflation, cost of living crises, and other pressures on the majority of society. Hers are some numbers to think about and help you further explicate critical views of contemporary some say ‘aggressive’ capitalism. Not a new phenomenon not a novelty but display g some unique characteristics nonetheless.

Give us your thoughts.

We are over the hills and far away.

Salutations, keep your kitchen clean and so on and such forth.

#sociology theories #inequality capitalism power