Quotes about Power of Media

I believe in the power of media. I really do. It's my soapbox. And I do have an agenda, because I'm enraged by the limitations forced on people - by poverty, oppression, hatred, fear - and I'm saddened by the kind of loss we all experienced due to the contributions that people cannot make because of their circumstances. Votes: 4

The power of social media is it forces necessary change. Votes: 2

Navigation is power of a limited sort - it enables us to manage the immensity of the media torrent. Votes: 2

Coal companies have a lot of power in the media, and unfortunately a lot of information doesn't get out. Votes: 2

The media's power is frail. Without the people's support, it can be shut off with the ease of turning a light switch. Votes: 2

Now that our media companies and it appears are policies are traded for cash, what is there to check the continuing consolidation of power and diminishing of democracy? Votes: 2

The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government. Votes: 2

The world is a complex place, and the influence of the media in its representation and its power of communication and interpretation is a remarkable amplifier of emotions, and of illusions. Votes: 2

So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls things, and go on doing their own things. Votes: 2

However vile the abuse they receive, media people must remember this is part of the price of getting a public voice. Stay grateful. Don't kick down, kick up. Criticise power rather than proles. Votes: 2

The mainstream media spins stories that are largely racist, violent, and irresponsible - stories that celebrate power and demonize victims, all the while camouflaging its pedagogical influence under the cheap veneer of entertainment. Votes: 2

The media's the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power. Because they control the minds of the masses. Votes: 2

I've been blessed with the opportunity to express the views of black people who otherwise don't have access to power and the media. I have to take advantage of that while I'm still bankable. Votes: 2

A vibrant civil society can challenge those in power by documenting corruption or uncovering activities like the murder of political enemies. In democracies, this function is mostly performed by the media, NGOs or opposition parties. Votes: 2

The most impactful way consumers can assert their power is to become mindful shoppers, giving their dollars only to socially responsible companies. In today's world of social media and smart phones, this is easy to do. Votes: 2

The great power the president has is that he is the most prominent person in the biggest media event on the planet. He has the attention of the nation and the world. When he speaks, everybody listens. Votes: 2

What's brilliant about the United States system of government is separation of power. Not only the executive, legislative, judicial branches, but also the independence of the military from civilians, an independent media and press, an independent central bank. Votes: 2

The viral power of online media has proven how fast creative ideas can be spread and adopted, using tools like cellphones, digital cameras, micro-credit, mobile banking, Facebook, and Twitter. A perfect example? The way the Green Movement in Iran caught fire thanks to social media. Votes: 2

For a blink of an eye, there was so much media glare. It was unexpected, and I don't think we realized the magnitude of the message we were imparting with 'The Nanny Diaries.' There was also this added challenge that some of the media power players whose publications were doing stories on us perceived us to be sniping at their lifestyles. Votes: 2

If anything, the power of the cover of 'Time' has increased as the media landscape has atomized. Votes: 1

What is interesting is the power and the impact of social media... So we must try to use social media in a good way. Votes: 1

The media—stenographers to power. Votes: 0

Money, media, and political power are very closely connected. Votes: 0

Technology and social media have brought power back to the people. Votes: 0

The media is comparable to government-probably passes government in raw power. Votes: 0

The corporations and the media don't need power; they already have it. Votes: 0

Media is a big problem around the world, it's powerful and can abuse its power. Votes: 0

Every time you touch those who have power over the media, they seek to stop you. Votes: 0

All the new media are art forms which have the power of imposing, like poetry, their own assumptions. Votes: 0

I don't know how you can do it, if you don't recognition the media as a power center in America. Votes: 0

I'm trying to embrace social media because it gives artists a little more power than we've had in the past. Votes: 0

As always, most media aligns with the presumptive winner even though their claimed societal virtue is to investigate those in power. Votes: 0

We live in a media culture and whoever controls and influences and uses media the best has the power for change. Votes: 0

We live in a world in which celebrity recognition, media access, and power translate very quickly into political power and indeed economic power. Votes: 0

My entire career comes from the power of social media and the way I've utilized those spaces and interacted with people across the world. Votes: 0

Through social media, we can start a global conversation. This creates an army of advocates - the power really is in the hands of the viewers. Votes: 0

The greatest power of the mass media is the power to ignore. The worst thing about this power is that you may not even know you're using it. Votes: 0

The media, itself an arm of mega-corporate power, feeds the fear industry, so that people are primed like pumps to support wars on rumor, innuendo, legends, and lies. Votes: 0

We need to take on the new media, and in terms of power and public pedagogy, we need to organize a whole range of people outside of the academy. Votes: 0

Power will be maintained by the groovy guy or gal who gets the most media coverage for his sleaze. Naturally, his friends in various businesses will do okay, too. Votes: 0

If you really think that ambition, power, lust, desire are not as applicable in the media as in politics or on Wall Street or anywhere else, you're deluding yourself. Votes: 0

At least in the West, politicians, corporations and media moguls can no longer take for granted their power to control the public discourse - and have it go unchallenged. Votes: 0

...because of forced globalization, there's a clear trend these days towards uniformity. This trend comes largely from the ever-greater concentration of power in the hands of large media groups. Votes: 0