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Curran and Seaton - Coggle Diagram
Curran and Seaton
Concept 1: effects of concentration on media content
Control
Direct: filters information
Indirect: relatively unaffected
Marx
Culture is controlled by social elites
Culture is a distraction
Business takes precedence over creativity/public service
Minority interests pushed aside
Free market produces format-driven products
Concept 1: creativity vs commerciality
Horizontal integration
Costs minimised
Sharing resources
Controlling the market
Vertical integration
Controls production chain
Restricting competitors
Profits from upstream and downstream
Cross-media ownership synergies
Advertising generates income
Due to globalisation a few people have a lot of power
Concept 3: diverse ownership creates diverse products
Free market damages media
Public service counter influences commercial media
Programming standards are raised
High quality minority interest
A unifying organisation
Impartial news