CMNS 247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Antonio Gramsci, Discourse Analysis, World Trade Organization

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 247
• Professor: Katherine Reilly

Document Summary

Governments involved in building infrastructures managed and controlled and run by government agencies or government owned corporations (bell was once owned by canadian government; telecommunications, airports, etc. ) Governments thought it was important tho have infrastructures to connect people together and send messages out to periphery. Government was very active in regulating news media up until recently (thought they were helping have a level playing field; want control over vital or emergency services; information about political parties, etc. ) Creates a level playing field and therefore competition so a variety of voices. Maintains standards of quality (when specifying standards for programming) Ensures provision of vital or significant information (emergency services/public debate) Guarantees access to media services in low profit markets. National media oligopolies (incumbents) faced competition: because of new technologies (satellite tv, because of deregulation (exposure to competition, because of emergence of internet. Pursue global concentration as defensive mechanism (eg. Emergence of international players, competition between everyone.