• Media concentration / Conglomerates – A huge business that owns multiple companies who are involved in aspects media eg. tv and film.
• Globalisation – The worldwide integration of media through the cross-cultural exchange of ideas.
• Vertical Integration – an arrangement in which the supply chain of a company is owned by that company
• Horizontal Integration – the process of a company increasing production of goods or services at the same part of the supply chain.
• Gatekeepers – The process through which information is filtered for dissemination (the action of spreading information widely)
• Regulation / Deregulation – rules enforced by the jurisdiction of laws for media use differ across the world / refers to the process of removing or loosening government restrictions on the ownership, this helps them get more money of media outlets.
• Free market VS Monopolies & Mergers – an economic system based on supply and demand with little or no government control VS several parts of a company coming together, they control this with rules from the government (laws). Some governments deregulates to get more money e.g. taxes
• Neoliberalism – Deals with economic ideas about free markets.
• Surveillance / Privacy / Security / GDPR – all used to protect or watch the public

Murdoch media empire

David Hesmondhalgh

• he analyses the relationship between media work and the media industry
• highlights ‘myth-making’ surrounding the digital future for teenagers, criticising the desire to pursue a career in the industry

Media Working Practices

a) promotion, success & financial rewards – no promotion = no success, no reward AND no success = no promotion. Bombshell – Kayla wanted a promotion, she tried to work her way up but Roger Allies took advantage of her & his higher position.

b) journalistic practices – Journalists should avoid conflicts of interest, refuse gifts, favors & fees etc, links to Murdoch Dynasty & Rebekah Wade who said she paid the police for information. Hesmondhalgh would agree that media inst a good business to work in due to the myths that can be created.

Girls in bombshell could be considered ‘the other’ (Edward Siedd) as they are all pretty, wore short dresses, had to show their legs etc. Gramci also said that we are not trapped within this representation, the women showed this by standing up to a higher power & walking away.