Ownership of the media
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- Created on: 30-12-17 10:21
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- Ownership and Control of the media
- Government influences of media output
- Government press conferences
- purposely made meeting so press can gather information for the media
- Leaks and off-the-record briefings
- whatever the media can be reported so long as the person is not identified
- Spin Doctors who try to make a new story positive
- Refusal of broadcasting licence to those who deem unfit
- Don't give people radio time if they are likely to give false info
- Filtering online content
- The may refuse the use of sites- Google withdrawn from china 2010
- Electronic surveillance of emails, websites and phone calls
- 2014 a law passed allowing police to scrutise public emails
- Government press conferences
- Feature of ownership
- Bagdikan
- The global media companies (The Lords of the Global Village) dominated the worlds mass media
- Concentration of ownership
- Most of the media are in the hands of a few very large companies
- Vertical integration
- Ownership of all aspects of a single medium
- Film production that also owns the cinema chains showing film
- Ownership of all aspects of a single medium
- Horizontal integration
- Media owners have interests in a range of media T.V, Films, newspapers
- Global ownership
- Owners have global media empires in many different countries
- Diversification
- Media companies have a wide range of products beside just the media
- Virgin media, virgin airlines, virgin trains
- Media companies have a wide range of products beside just the media
- Synergy
- When a product is also produced in different forms to promote sales and maximise profits
- a film may have a book, CD or computer game
- When a product is also produced in different forms to promote sales and maximise profits
- Technologicalconvergence
- Several media technologies are combines in a single device
- A smartphone used to make calls, text watch films, listen to music, go on the web, take photos
- Several media technologies are combines in a single device
- Bagdikan
- How does the government influence and control media?
- The Law
- They can put laws in place to restrict the media from publicising anything they like
- Liberal laws forbids untrue statements to be released that may cause them dislike
- Most laws don't allow the media to publize anything that is untrue and may affect a person or society
- They can put laws in place to restrict the media from publicising anything they like
- The Ofcom
- The office of communication is a media regulator
- Its is responsible for keeping the audience interested and the product was at a high standard
- But they still made sure it protected them from offensive and harmful effects
- The BBC
- The make sure the BBC remains independent of any pressure and influence from any other sources
- They are funded by the state meaning they have control over BBC
- Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO)
- It monitors standards of journalism in newspapers and magazines
- It deals with accuracy, invasion of privacy and harassment
- The Law
- Government influences of media output
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