| THEME | NEWSBEAT | WAR OF THE WORLDS |
| OWNERSHIP | BBC, PSB, Government, BBC board of trustees ?? DG (Lord Reith), BBC multi-media / cross media, transnational / trans global, not a monopoly, concentration of ownership i.e. small number of firms who own tv and radio even though there are lots of different stations. I think the BBC has a left wing libertarian ideology ?? | CBS, Private company, multi or cross media conglomerate, transnational / trans global ??, it is an example of the concentration of ownership i.e. just a few companies own everything (oligopoly / cartel?) vertical / horizontal integration ?? |
| HABERMAS | Transformation of the public sphere – media is constantly changing with the BBC keeping up. BBC intention to enshrined in their ethos to inform, entertain and educate. Not to make a profit or money. They put money back into programs(quality is important). This fits into Habermas notion of transforming the public. Therefore the BBC is more paternalistic – what you need not what you want. | Most private business are aimed at making a profit. They care about profit so they are more concerned with entertainment than education. Commercial ethos not in the spirit of Habermas. |
| CHOMSKY | 1 of the five filters is advertising, they don’t include any advertisements within the BBC. | They only show the programs people want to see in order to make money and profit. They most likely include advertisements with the radio broadcast as well. |
| REGULATION | Ofcom, BBC charter governed by parliament, license fee regulates BBC as well. BBC / PSB ethos ‘to entertain, inform and educate'(Reith) | Federal Communications Commission as regulator for private business i.e. not necessarily in the public interest. |
| AUDIENCE (ACTIVE / PASSIVE) | active, The audience look for the newsbeat broadcast that last 15 mins. However the bulletins throughout the radio broadcast would be passive as your listening to radio music, when bulletins pop up hourly or so. | passive, your not actively looking for media or information, as people turn this radio on to hear anything, and nothing specific like newsbeat. |
| AUDIENCE (LAZARSFELD) | Audiences opinions can be based on opinion leaders or famous people that are brought onto the show for a interview etc. The BBC is unbiased informed opinion leader . | |
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| NEW TECHNOLOGY | New technology could give more competition to the BBC in terms of equipment. | |
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