INDUSTRY Flashcards
THEORIST
CURRAN AND SEATON
Power and profit
CURRAN AND SEATON 1
The media is driven by a small number of companies which are driven by power and profit.
CURRAN AND SEATON 2
More socially diverse companies can increase variety of creativity and equality.
LIVINGSTONE & LUNT
Regulation
LIVINGSTONE & LUNT 1
Online production, distribution and circulation allow producers to ignore original regulation standards.
LIVINGSTONE & LUNT 2
Conflict between the wants and needs of the audience and interests of producers.
DAVID HESMONDHALGH
Cultural Identities
DAVID HESMONDHALGH 1
Cultural industry companies try to minimise risk and maximise audience by vertical and horizontal integration.
DAVID HESMONDHALGH 2
Larger companies (or conglomerates) now operate across a number of different cultural industries e.g. Disney