The Media's Role in the Framing of Social Problems

There exists a symbiotic relationship between corporate America and the United States government. This relationship influences the organizational structure of the mass media and thereby greatly impacts the framing of social problems in our society. The mass media serves the interests of the corporate and political elite by presenting only those issues favorable to their objectives and “filtering” out those that are not. To understand how this “filtering” process works, it is necessary to recognize …

…media we’ll only see what they want us to see. If things are ever to change with our present system it must start at the “grass roots level.” The people must challenge the system if they want a chance at having a voice that is equal to that of the corporate and political elite. As George Orwell once said, “[True] liberty…means allowing people freely to say things you do not want to hear.”