MEDIA AND INFORMATION LITERACY

The capital intensive nature of media inevitably resulted in their control by the economic elite. The voice of the silent majority is seldom heard on important local, national, and global issues. Government media channels are also ideal venues for popular or pluralistic expression of views and opinions by all sectors, particularly the marginalized.  Philippine media, particularly broadcasting, present a unique case in East Asia. Where most of the broadcast  stations are either owned or controlled by the government.

A Normative theory describes an ideal way for a media system to be controlled and operated by the government, authority, leader and public. These theories are basically different from other communication theories because normative theories of press are not providing any scientific explanations or prediction.  At the same these “four theories of the press” were came from many sources rather than a single source.  Sometimes media practitioners, social critics and academics also involved to develop these normative theories. Normative theories are more focused in the relationship between Press and the Government than press and the audience. These theories are more concern about the ownership of the media and who controls the press or media in the country. Normative theories were first proposed by Fred Siebert, Theodore Peterson and Wilbur Schramm in their book called “Four Theories of the Press”. At first the word “Normative Theory” was pronounced in USA during the height of ...

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