industries

Question 1

curran and seaton

Answer 1

media is controlled by a small number of companies primarily driven by logic of profit and power
concentration limits variety creativity and quality

Question 2

livingstone and lunt - regulation

Answer 2

there is an underlying struggle in recent regulation policy between the need to further the interests of citizens (by offering protection form harmful of offensive material) and the need to further the interests of consumers (by ensuring choice, value for money and market competition)

Question 3

david hesmondhalgh

Answer 3

cultural industry companies try to minimise risk and maximise audiences through vertical and horizontal integration and by formatting their cultural products