Media concentration- progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media.
Conglomerates- A conglomerate is a combination of multiple business entities operating in entirely different industries under one corporate group.
Globalisation (in terms of media ownership)- international
Vertical Integration & Horizontal Integration- A horizontal integration consists of companies that acquire a similar company in the same industry, while a vertical integration consists of companies that acquire a company that operates either before or after the acquiring company in the production process.
Gatekeepers- A gatekeeper is a person who controls access to something or policies that act as a go-between
Regulation- a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority
Deregulation- is the process of removing or reducing state regulations,
Free market vs Monopolies & Mergers- an economic system based on supply and demand with little or no government control VS
Neo-liberalism- ideas associated with laissez-faire
