Television And The Internet (The Prime Suspects)

Al Firdous LTD

• Wahid Abdussalam Bali

TELEVISIONAnd The INTERNETTHE PRIME SUSPECTSWahid Abdussalam BaliالفرووسAL FIRDOUSISBN 1-8742636-8-XAl firdous-LTD-LONDON781874263685Price £6.95/$12.00CONTENTSAcknowledgements.... Introduction..The Impact of Media on Our LivesHow does the Media control People's minds? Cultural ControlEconomic ControlThe Principles of Operation in the World MediaThe New Widespread Threat of the Media....Media Freedom and the Culture of Mother and ChildThe Concepts of Media Freedom and Their Implementation567771213182323Child Culture.....Women's CultureThe Prime Suspect273337Our Children and Television.......41The impact of television on our children.Television and Violence.....Television and the Spread of Immorality.414453Examples of the Effect of Television on Youngsters57Television and CrimePress Reports.Television and Family Break-up596165Television and the Loss of Moral Values67Television and the Annihilation of Traditional Values71Television and Academic Performance73Television and Health Hazards79Television and Its Further Effects on Health.81Television detrimental to the Economy83Television extinguishes the Creed of Tawhid within Children....... The Effect of Cartoons on the Development of Muslim Children's Personality85191The Effect of watching Television on the Future of Children............. 93 Television stops Protectiveness97Television weakens the Creed of Al-Walaa (loyalty) and Al-Baraa (disloyalty).105The Television distorts Islamic History1073The Impact of Media on Our LivesHow does the media control people's minds?1First: Cultural ControlThis occurs when the world media companies broadcastThisthe values and traditions of the countries to which they owe allegiance to other countries, thus establishing a medium of communication (language) through which the strongest country controls the weakest. In this way, the influential American media culture becomes in Schiller's words- "the appropriate medium of the world trade system".2Schiller believes that the media industry in the United States is closely linked to the American industrial and military alliance. During Desert Storm (of the first Gulf War), a new media monopoly emerged and could be tangibly felt in theSee Al-I'lam al-Alami: Muassasatuh, Tariqatu Amalih wa Qadayah by Dr. Faris Ashti, Dar Amwaj for publishing and distribution, Beirut, 1996. 2 Shiller, Mass Communication and American Empire, p.80.7