Industry Theorists Flashcards
Who does this refer too?
‘Idea that media is controlled by a small number of businesses driven by logic of profit and power’
Curran and Seaton
Gap fill
Idea that media is controlled by a _____ number of businesses driven by logic of profit and _____ that more socially diverse patterns of _________ help create the conditions for a more ______ and adventurous media production
Small, power, ownership, varied,
What is the in a nut shell concept of Livingston and Lunt?
The media has become so much harder to regulate because of the internet
Finish the Quote
Idea that media concentration generally limits or inhibits…
variety, creativity and quality
What is the in a nut shell concept of Curran and Seaton?
if we had more of a variety of media companies, we would have a larger variety of texts
What does David Hesmondhalgh talk about?
Cultural industries
Gap fill
Idea that media industries try to reduce risk and ________ audiences through horizontal and ________ integration and by formatting there ________ products
Maximise, vertical, cultural
Who does this refer to?
Increasing power of global media corporations, with the rise of convergent media technologies and transformations in the production, distribution and marketing of digital media
Livingston and Lunt
Finish the quote
There is an underlying struggle in recent UK regulation policy between…
the need of the future interests of the people and the further interests of the consumer
What do Livingston and Lunt talk about?
Regulation
Who does this refer to?
Largest companies and conglomerates no operate across a range of cultural industries
David Hesmondhalgh
Finish the quote
The idea that the radical potential of the internet has been contained to some extent by its partial incorporation into a…
large, profit-orientated set of cultural industries
What’s the in a nut shell concept of David Hesmondhalgh?
industry uses tried and tested strategies to appeal to us - but we should be concerned that only a few companies hold a lot of power
