Key Thinkers

1. David Hesmondhalgh

2. Curran and Seaton.

3. Livingstone & Lunt

The Culture Industries

What is the difference between the culture industries and other industries?

You might want to re-cap on the idea of media workers (Hesmondhalgh) that we have looked at previously.

THREE TYPES OF MEDIA OWNERSHIP

MEDIA AS A COMMODITY v MEDIA AS A PUBLIC GOOD

Characteristics of the Public Sphere	Benefits of the Public Service Media	Benefits of Commercial Media	How does your TV example fit into this table?
			

TRANSNATIONAL MEDIA CORPORATIONS: THE IMPACT OF GLOBALISATION

Curran and Seaton

PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING

One way to think about national television, which seems to connect all 3 (pairs of) case studies for this CSP is the notion of Public Service Broadcasting.

1. What is it?
2. Are the BBC and C4 unique examples of PSB?
3. What’s good about it?
4. What is the criticism of it?
5. How is it organised – ie control and regulation?
6. What has it got to do with your TV CSP’s?

The Culture Industries – working in the Public Interest? Or working for commercial interest?

Television Regulation

1. What is the difference between a consumer based media regulation system and a citizen based regulation system?
2. What impact did the 2003 Communications Act have on media regulation?
3. What is the drawback of a self-regulated system?
4. How do you regulate media content and organisations on a global scale?