Media Industries Theories

Question 1

List all Media Industries Theories

Answer 1

Power and Media Industries - Curran and Seaton
Regulation - Livingstone and Lunt
Cultural Industries - David Hesmondhalgh

Question 2

Power and Media Industries - Curran and Seaton

Answer 2

Media is controlled by a few profit-driven companies.
Concentration limits variety, creativity, and quality.

Question 3

Regulation - Livingstone and Lunt

Answer 3

Regulation struggles between citizen protection and consumer interests.
Global media power and digital transformations challenge traditional regulation.

Question 4

Cultural Industries - David Hesmondhalgh

Answer 4

Cultural industries minimize risk and maximize audiences through integration and formatting.
Largest conglomerates operate across various cultural industries.
The internet’s radical potential is partly contained within profit-oriented cultural industries.