Politico-media complex

The politico-media complex (PMC, also referred to as the political-media complex) is a name given to the network^[1] of relationships between a state's political and ruling classes and its media industry. It may also encompass other interest groups, such as law (and its enforcement^[2]), corporations and multinationals. The term PMC is used as a pejorative, to refer to the collusion between governments, individual politicians, and the media industry.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]

^ "Hacking reveals power network". BBC. September 13, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011. The story of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal has revealed a web of links between senior figures within politics, the police and the media.
^ "Filkin report: Police warned over press links". BBC News. January 4, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012. The "close relationship" between parts of Scotland Yard and the media has caused "serious harm", a report says.
^ Swanson, David L. "The Political-Media Complex at 50: Putting the 1996 Presidential Campaign in Context." American Behavioral Scientist 40 (1997): 1265.
^ Rawnsley, Andrew (May 13, 2001). "A conspiracy that threatens democracy". The Observer. p. 29. Retrieved September 19, 2011. The politico-media complex has locked itself into a cycle where politicians and journalists feed each other's negativity.
^ Rentoul, John (January 8, 2006). "John Rentoul: Whodunnit? Cameron, of course". The Independent. Retrieved September 21, 2011. The key to understanding the Conservative revival, as it was to understanding the Blair bubble, is to know about the dynamics of the politico-media complex. Cameron wants to be written up as new and exciting. The media want to write him up as new and exciting, because that fits the template into which news reporting either fits or is made to fit.
^ Jenkins, Simon (September 8, 2006). "The weekend's 9/11 horror-fest will do Osama bin Laden's work for him". The Guardian. p. 36. Retrieved September 19, 2011. This response has become 24-hour, seven-day-a-week amplification by the new politico-media complex, especially shrill where the dead are white people.
^ Symons, Emma-Kate (June 13, 2011). "French culture in the dock over Strauss-Khan". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved September 20, 2011. ...French newspapers and magazine sales have skyrocketed as voters voraciously consume every detail of DSK's (Dominique Strauss-Khan) woes and digest the massive collateral damage his case has inflicted across their politico-media complex.
^ "Front Page Leveson: Papers lead with freedom the day after the Report". Media Policy Project. 4 December 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
^ "The Day After Leveson: Newspapers covered more than just their own defence". Media Policy Project. 5 December 2012. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[network-1] "Hacking reveals power network". BBC. September 13, 2011. Retrieved November 15, 2011. The story of the News of the World phone-hacking scandal has revealed a web of links between senior figures within politics, the police and the media.

[filkin-2] "Filkin report: Police warned over press links". BBC News. January 4, 2012. Retrieved January 6, 2012. The "close relationship" between parts of Scotland Yard and the media has caused "serious harm", a report says.

[3] Swanson, David L. "The Political-Media Complex at 50: Putting the 1996 Presidential Campaign in Context." American Behavioral Scientist 40 (1997): 1265.

[rawnsley-4] Rawnsley, Andrew (May 13, 2001). "A conspiracy that threatens democracy". The Observer. p. 29. Retrieved September 19, 2011. The politico-media complex has locked itself into a cycle where politicians and journalists feed each other's negativity.

[rentoul-5] Rentoul, John (January 8, 2006). "John Rentoul: Whodunnit? Cameron, of course". The Independent. Retrieved September 21, 2011. The key to understanding the Conservative revival, as it was to understanding the Blair bubble, is to know about the dynamics of the politico-media complex. Cameron wants to be written up as new and exciting. The media want to write him up as new and exciting, because that fits the template into which news reporting either fits or is made to fit.

[jenkins-6] Jenkins, Simon (September 8, 2006). "The weekend's 9/11 horror-fest will do Osama bin Laden's work for him". The Guardian. p. 36. Retrieved September 19, 2011. This response has become 24-hour, seven-day-a-week amplification by the new politico-media complex, especially shrill where the dead are white people.

[symons-7] Symons, Emma-Kate (June 13, 2011). "French culture in the dock over Strauss-Khan". The Australian. News Limited. Retrieved September 20, 2011. ...French newspapers and magazine sales have skyrocketed as voters voraciously consume every detail of DSK's (Dominique Strauss-Khan) woes and digest the massive collateral damage his case has inflicted across their politico-media complex.

[lse1-8] "Front Page Leveson: Papers lead with freedom the day after the Report". Media Policy Project. 4 December 2012. Archived from the original on 29 March 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

[lse2-9] "The Day After Leveson: Newspapers covered more than just their own defence". Media Policy Project. 5 December 2012. Archived from the original on 7 May 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

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