POLS 3670 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Dependent And Independent Variables, Media Conglomerate, Food Security
10 Apr 2016
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In highly privatized media environments, more public media content. Breaking up big media conglomerates into smaller companies. Diversification of sources: opening up the marketplace of ideas. Society-controlled media (opposed to state or private): involvement of civil society, edu institutions, etc. in the production of media content. Broadcast licences to be divided equally among private owners, community/civil society organizations, and the public sector. Distribution of licences to be transparent and decided on by various actors. Contested by private media, supported by reporters without borders. Antitrust provisions: limits the number of licences that one company can hold, intended to split media concentration. Contested by the country"s largest media group (clarin) but upheld by. Having different voices (people) w different agendas, framing the propositions, makes for a well-rounded idea. A method used to make comparisons across cases to test hypotheses and draw conclusions.
