Media Concentration/Conglomerates – when less people control the mass media, increasing shares of the mass media.

Globalisation (in terms of media ownership) – when a viewpoint is shown across the globe in the media.

Vertical Integration – the combination in one firm of two or more stages of production normally operated by separate firms.

Horizontal Integration – is merging of one or more firms at the same stage of production.

Gatekeepers – decide what is being published to the masses, effectively deciding what their viewpoint should be.

Regulation – rules made by someone in authority.

Deregulation – reduction or elimination of the power that the government had.

Free Market – where the government has no control over what is produced.

Monopolies – when there is no competition in a market.

Mergers – when two or more firms come together to increase their power.

Neo-Liberalism – there should not be equality (the opposite of liberal).

Surveillance/Privacy/Security/GDPR – protecting something (GDPR = General Data Protection Regulation).