(The Liberal Theory of the Press) Curran Quotes:

“The advent of the internet has enhanced the freedom to publish by lowering entry costs”

“High entry costs were found to curtail the freedom to publish in other sectors of the press”

“It also noted that the national press was overwhelmingly right wing and manifestly unrepresentative”

“The first commission attached great importance to the role of competition in making the press responsive to the public”

(Broadcasting and The Theory Of Public Service) Seaton Quotes:

“The work of broadcasting should be regarded as a public service for a social purpose”

“We have no reason to suppose that, in practice, divergent views of public interest have been held by the Corporation and government departments”

“He suggests that the current interpretation of broadcasting independence has seriously damaged the political system”

“Thus, without a commitment of public service, broadcasters are increasingly vulnerable to detailed political interference in the content of programmes”

“Broadcasting needs to find a new relationship to the state – and a new form of commitment to public service, and indeed a new definition of public service that will work in the conditions of increased competition”

Capitalist Media – Bigger Corporation, bigger businesses trying to make a capital

Public Service Media – BBC, is in the public interest and don’t make money

Civil Society Media – Independent stations i.e (hospital radios, school or university radio)