Comments on: Parallel media worlds

By: soru

soru — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:59:30 +0000

Bilal:

There is a big difference between having one bull in a field and having two or more. One just gives you some bullshit, the second a bullfight.

By: Mehboob I.M. Umarji

Mehboob I.M. Umarji — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 06:33:23 +0000

Not long ago, there was a school of thought that young BME communities consume media in the same manner as their white counterparts. And I was a major advocate of this school of thought.

However, for young Muslim communities, this changed post 9/11 and even more so since 7/7. This shift has been further widened since the Danish cartoons and recent events such as Forest Gate.

There will soon emerge a major piece of research conducted by mori that will further evidence Media Consumption of young Muslims in the UK.

By: Bilal Patel

Bilal Patel — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 22:18:33 +0000

I couldn’t agree more Sunny. Unfortunately, I don’t find it surprising that this can be an issue only when brown skinned people actually have the temerity to consume the media of their choice.

People have been consuming media of their own choice for a long time. I don’t like the rabid xenophobia and unrelenting trivia of some tabloid press, but people have been regularly consuming these for ages. Don’t they live in a ghetto?

By: Bert Preast

Bert Preast — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 12:52:04 +0000

It’s the same with much of the UK tabloid media. I don’t subscribe to the view that these publications are forming people’s views, more that they simply reflect them.

Unfortunately the larger part of the population are quite happy to have their news delivered in fun size packets, and have little inclination to look at other sides of the issues. Or maybe they’re just to busy with their own lives to bother with anything else.

Perhaps the school curriculum should include a rundown on mainstream media and bias. Not that anything in the school curriculum ever seems to make a difference.

By: Sahil

Sahil — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 11:20:39 +0000

Totally agree with the idea that people tune into media outlets that reflect their own worldview. I was born in India, and pretty much lived everywhere until I moved to London. But I have little interest in Indian stories (except about the economy), unlike my parents who are completely bonkers about Z-TV and Star news. Plus like you said there are loads of blogs, but few of any quality or credibility, so I don’t go there. I only came to Pickled Politics because I read your articles on the Guardian, and found many of your views similar to mine, so it was nice to enter a community of like-minded people. This also means that there will be a further divide between various world-views, but maybe that will be the job of ‘mainstream’ media outlets: to set the centre ground.

By: Zak

Zak — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:48:19 +0000

The fragmentation of media viewership is inevitable in this day and age of 100+ digital channels.

However i think its silly to think people solely rely on one or the other media channels. Many of us just pick and choose, one reason is the repetitive nature of the 24 hours news cycle..we rarely get the nitty gritty most of us want..from mainstrteam channels.

By: DesiPundit » Archives » Digital ghetto

DesiPundit » Archives » Digital ghetto — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 21:13:19 +0000

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