Industry theorists Flashcards
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Curran and Seaton’s power and media theory
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-Small number of companies leads to a lack of diversity in viewpoints presented(concentration)
2
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Livingstone and Lunt’s regulation theory
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regulation must serve customer needs
-Regulation is needed to make sure the media promotes public interests
-Traditional regulation ineffective when applied to online media
3
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Hesmondhalgh’s Cultural industries theory
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-Media is grouo of conglomerates that want to avoid risk
-No clntroversial views or current important topics discussed due to this, vertical intergation and reliance on existing narratives and system also used to reduced risk(boring)
