KINE 3P05 Study Guide - Final Guide: Horizontal Integration, Mass Media, Vertical Integration
14 Dec 2017
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Public ownership run/regulated by government (canada), providing communication as a public service, mass media = social good, essential for democracy, audience = citizens. Culturalist discourse perceiving cultural production and products, and information as having immense socio-cultural benefit. Mass media = commercial activity, audience = consumers, advertisers/advertising. Forms of private ownership: single enterprise, chain ownerprise. Economist discourse perceiving cultural production and products as a commercial enterprise. Invisible hand: regulation isn"t necessary in a free market because the market will self- regulate through competition adam smith (1723-1790) Monopoly of knowledge: individuals or groups monopolizing certain kinds of information have the power to define legitimate knowledge and determine reality. In the absence of information and an informed public, reality becomes a measure in upholding the ideologies of those in power. Television as a cultural form: technology industry mass communication. The golden era of television: two eras in the history of television have been known as the.
