Media, Information and Technoculture 2100F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Medieval Commune, Ion, Complex Number
10 Dec 2016
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The relation between power (politics), wealth (economics), and the means of communication (media) How the content is shaped by the forces of power and wealth. Largest commercial sales, sold the most tickets in movie history. Walt disney pictures owns this film - 2nd largest media company in north american and one of the largest companies in the world. 1 of 6 great north american media corporations ultimately control 90% of the media content that we experience today. Includes cbc, time warner, disney, clear channel, comcast, news corp. , and. Disney is a conglomerate as it is made up of many smaller companies which it has acquired, bought, and intertwined in its structure. Ex: owns abc, marvel, espn, 227 radio stations, music, and book publishing companies. Spent billion to acquire the rights to the star wars franchise. Producing such a film is a massive project, costs somewhere between -200 million.
