CMNS 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Denis Mcquail, Mass Communication
16 Jul 2016
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Beliefs came up that people were capable of governing themselves. The process of making govt policies regulating and not regulating. Allocating resources deciding what is funded, what is in the public interest. (conflicts, negotiation) And values creation of what is legitimate. Freedman: political actions designed to promote more general ways of organizing public life. A system or planned way of doing things, especially one imposed from above (oxford english dictionary) Market freedom is preferable (creates own source of income, free of government) Government should step in when there is problems. Media represents the interests of the powerful. Both the state and capitalist markets sustain inequality. Citizens need equal access to media, and diversity of content. Free markets, individual rights, personal choice, small government, limited regulation ( deregulation ) It like being able to see something that you have stepped away from. ( a fish to see the water that it has been swimming in)
