Media Concentration

Conglomerates –

Globolisation

Vertical Integration – A process in business where a company buys another company that supplies it with goods or buys goods from it in order to control all the processes of production

Horizontal Integration

Gatekeepers

Regulation – Rules that is set by the governor so that companies don’t abuse their power

Deregulation – A process in which a government removes controls and rules about how newspapers, television channels etc.

Free market

Monopolies & Mergers

MURDOCH MEDIA EMPIRE

David Hesmondhalgh critically analyses the relationship between media work and the media industry. He mentions that ” the distinctive organisational form of the cultural industries has considerable implications for the conditions under which symbolic creativity is carried out”.

A critical reflection that highlights the ‘myth-making’ process surrounding the potential digital future for young creatives, setting up a counter-weight against the desire of so many young people who are perhaps too easily seduced to pursue a career in the creative industries.

Coercion – Persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats

4. The Media Informing / Coercing Policy And Decision Making

Coercion and abuse often occur in situations where someone can exploit a power differential with another person, for example in the movie “Bombshell” we can clearly see in the scene of when Kayla the character who goes into Ailes’s office to get interviewed so that she could present for Fox News. Roger then asks her to stand up and do a spin so that he can see her legs. He then asks for her to pull her skirt upwards so that he can see more of her legs and then you can clearly that she is uncomfortable and does not want to pull it up anymore and then Roger coerces her by saying “I need to see your legs so that you can have the job”.