CS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Shaw Communications, Postmedia Network, Paul Godfrey
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January 18, 2017: what is the differe(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:374)tratio(cid:374)(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)erge(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863) Concentration (of ownership): when multiple media outlets have the same corporate owner. Vertical integration when a company owns their own chain, example: cineplex. Conglomerates when corporate anitiy owns multiple ownerships. If a company owns a cineplex as well as food manufactors, having multiple companies is conglomerates. This is what businesses call this process. Q: why do we care about concentration and convergence? (cid:862)marketpla(cid:272)e of ideas(cid:863) (cid:894)bildook(cid:895) (cid:448)ariety of (cid:272)hoi(cid:272)e, (cid:448)ariety of (cid:272)o(cid:374)te(cid:374)t. Essential for a healthy democracy good to have multiple ideas in a democracy because you have access to everything, unlike some places like china or other countries where its limited. To ensure we have choice - ^ Concerns over influence of owners on content. You have to have variety as an option to have choice. Labour issues lockout for 2 years in quebec. They bought in to offer cell phone plans.
