I. Introduction
Is the privatisation of Media an opportunity and a development toward our freedom of speech, or an obstacle to our today's democracy?
This question will be the one leading our discussion the entire time. However, to successfully answer it, we must understand what do we mean by privatisation.
By common knowledge, we understand that privatisation is "the transfer of a business, industry or service from public to private ownership and control" (Oxford dictionary).
Regarding the Media Sphere, we mean the ability for individuals or industry to create their own Radio station, TV channels, newspaper... When it was previously under the control of the state.
As Today's date, Medias are the most efficient and effective way to communicate a message to a large group of people.
Therefore, its use in the past has always been under control of the government or the local power as it plays a major role into influencing and orientating the population. Until the 1970's, in France: Radios, Television, Journals were directly under the control of the government.
However, with the creation of new medias and the development of the old ones, it quickly became impossible for the State to control these institutions and not to allow new ones to be created.
In 1981, was introduced the first free Radio Station called NRJ in France by a man named Jean Paul Baudecroux.
However, since the 1990's the Media sphere went under a lot of transformations. Not only with the decline of written newspaper, but also with the creation of new media such as the internet. Although it allowed many people to express themselves, this ease of expression has the negative aspect of separating the medias from the public opinion and creating two different blocks blurring the general opinion.
For this reason, exploring the integrity of medias and their objectivity towards information they should transmit is an important step, to first understand how they work and also understand what are the advantages and inconvenients to have private organisations owning source of information, and how does it shape our society.
This question will be the one leading our discussion the entire time. However, to successfully answer it, we must understand what do we mean by privatisation.
By common knowledge, we understand that privatisation is "the transfer of a business, industry or service from public to private ownership and control" (Oxford dictionary).
Regarding the Media Sphere, we mean the ability for individuals or industry to create their own Radio station, TV channels, newspaper... When it was previously under the control of the state.
Therefore, its use in the past has always been under control of the government or the local power as it plays a major role into influencing and orientating the population. Until the 1970's, in France: Radios, Television, Journals were directly under the control of the government.
However, with the creation of new medias and the development of the old ones, it quickly became impossible for the State to control these institutions and not to allow new ones to be created.
In 1981, was introduced the first free Radio Station called NRJ in France by a man named Jean Paul Baudecroux.
However, since the 1990's the Media sphere went under a lot of transformations. Not only with the decline of written newspaper, but also with the creation of new media such as the internet. Although it allowed many people to express themselves, this ease of expression has the negative aspect of separating the medias from the public opinion and creating two different blocks blurring the general opinion.
For this reason, exploring the integrity of medias and their objectivity towards information they should transmit is an important step, to first understand how they work and also understand what are the advantages and inconvenients to have private organisations owning source of information, and how does it shape our society.
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