Sociology / Unit 10 Soc 1705 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Conflict Theory on Media and Technology
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The idea
Conflict theorists hold that media and technology reinforce inequality by giving disproportionate voice to the powerful while unevenly distributing access.
In practice
Ownership of major outlets concentrated among few firms shapes whose story reaches the widest audience, a pattern traced to unequal power.
Where people slip
The claim concerns a structural tendency in who controls media access, not an accusation any individual journalist is compromised.
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