mediaopoly

(Noun)
1. A term used to describe when the media is owned and controlled by a few large corporations.
2. A conspiracy theory, in which, the media conglomerates can limit what you see on TV, hear on the radio and read in newspapers, magazines and books.
3. A SNL skit wrote by Robert Smigel. The skit is a parody to "School Room Rock." This "Conspiracy Theory Rock" is about the media-opoly going on in the US. The skit features GE, Westinghouse, Time warner, Fox, and Disney as the media gaints. It was aired 3/14/1998 on NBC,which is owned by GE, once and it was cut out of all the reruns.

1. "I heard the FCC let Time warner and AOL merge; now they are the largest media giant out there with a net worth of $165 billion. That's what I call a medaiolopy." said Holly.
2. "You're crazy, Holly! Just because media conglomerates are real, that doesn't mean they control the news and popular culture. A mediaopoly. Ha! Whats next UFOs?" retorted Kyle.
3. I can't believe that the mediaopoly skit was ever aired.

mediaopoly by Alown March 7, 2008

mediaopoly

(Noun)
1. A term used to describe when the media is owned and controlled by a few large corporations.
2. A conspiracy theory, in which, the media conglomerates can limit what you see on TV, hear on the radio and read in newspapers, magazines and books.
3. A SNL skit wrote by Robert Smigel. The skit is a parody to "School Room Rock." This "Conspiracy Theory Rock" is about the media-opoly going on in the US. The skit features GE, Westinghouse, Time warner, Fox, and Disney as the media gaints. It was aired 3/14/1998 on NBC,which is owned by GE, once and it was cut out of all the reruns.

1. "I heard the FCC let Time warner and AOL merge; now they are the largest media giant out there with a net worth of $165 billion. That's what I call a mediaopoly." said Holly.
2. "You're crazy, Holly! Just because media conglomerates are real, that doesn't mean they control the news and popular culture. A mediaopoly. Ha! Whats next UFOs?" retorted Kyle.
3. "I can't believe that the mediaopoly skit was ever aired on TV to begin with" Paul said in whimsical voice.

mediaopoly by Alown March 8, 2008

mediaopoly

The word "mediaopoly" merges the words "media" and "monopoly." Ben H. Bakdikian published his book called "The Media Monopoly" in 1983 . The "mediapoly" is comprised of a handful of corporations which buy independent media outlets, merges them into one conglomerate, dictates what is news, only hires journalists who do not question the system and suppresses independent or alternative ideas and points of view (Fabara, 2017). Whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg gave Bagdikian portions of the Pentagon Papers, a top-secret classified history of the Vietnam War, and he gave a copy of the documents to Senator Mike Gravel, who promptly read them into the Congressional Record (1971). In 1976, Bagdikian became dean of the graduate school of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.

The "mediapoly" buys independent media outlets, merges them into a conglomerate, dictates what is news, manipulates, distorts, and ultimately controls reality, and only hires journalists who do not question and glorify the status-quo; thus covertly suppressing and censoring alternative ideas and points of view, and contradicting the freedom of speech the First Amendment grants America's taxpayers (Fabara, 2017). The mediaopoly is comprised of 7 media giants: Comcast, Walt Disney, Twenty-First Century Fox, Time Warner, Direct TV, CBS, Viacom (the last two separated in 2006).

mediaopoly by but for January 12, 2017

mediacholy 

A state of depression, ennui, or melancholy brought on by the sheer profusion of terrible news in the media. A state often made more pronounced when reading online comments on those news stories by trolls and morons.

My state of mediacholy was so pronounced that not even a photo of the royal wedding could make me forget the news about the tornadoes in Alabama and the images of suffering.

OR

It was bad enough reading that a congressman from Michigan wanted to create a law that all foster children must wear secondhand clothes; but I sank into a state of mediacholy after reading so many online comments from readers who had even more draconian suggestions for victimizing foster children.

mediacholy by didion May 21, 2011

Mediaology

The study of media—mass media, social media, and popular media—using Kremlinological methods to infer hidden structures of ownership, editorial bias, content suppression, and narrative control. Mediaologists analyze what stories are covered and at what length, which guests are invited and which are blacklisted, and how framing shifts over time. Like Sovietologists reading newspaper layouts for clues about leadership priorities, mediaologists read front pages, trending topics, and algorithmically promoted content to map the invisible hand of media power. The field reveals that media content is not a random sampling of events but a curated projection shaped by economic interests, political pressures, and the personal biases of a few gatekeepers.

Example: "Mediaology research tracked how a major story disappeared from cable news after the network’s parent company was threatened with a lawsuit—the story wasn’t retracted, it just never appeared again."

Mediaology by Abzugal April 2, 2026