COMM 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: John Baldessari, No Logo, Concentration Of Media Ownership
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Media shakeup: mergers and buy-outs, allows ever-growing conglomerates to control even more of the narrative warps content and controls what kind of content is shared. At&t not only distributes content, but now owns time warner (hbo, cnn, Warner bros) and can now control what kind of content is created: anti-trust laws supposedly pre(cid:448)e(cid:374)t (cid:373)o(cid:374)opolies, (cid:271)ut they"re (cid:272)o(cid:374)sta(cid:374)tly (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g eliminated through deregulation, mergers limit (cid:272)o(cid:374)su(cid:373)ers" optio(cid:374)s. New technology econ: rise of dot com boon & internet era (1980-2001, (cid:862)da(cid:449)(cid:374) of a (cid:374)e(cid:449) technological utopia(cid:863) Privileges american youth as generation that will lead change w/technology. Telecommunications act of 1996 signed by bill clinton (supported by both. 1st major overhaul of telecom law since 1934. One of most important fed laws of this generation. Eliminates limits on number of radio stations/media entities that may be commonly owned; company can now on unlimited number of stations & frequencies. Giant corporations now buy up thousands of media outlets across us.
