Sukhveen's Media blog 1-Mr Bush

1) The term 'Cultural Industries' refers to the creation, production and distribution of products of a cultural or artistic nature. Cultural industries include television and film production, publishing, music, as well as crafts and design. Cultural industries are seen as adding value to the society and individuals. 2) Hesmondhalgh regards these as core cultural industries . These are the industries that are centrally concerned with the industrial production and circulation texts: Broadcasting  Film industries Music industries  Print and electronic publishing Video and computer games Advertising, marketing or public relations Web design They have their own dynamic , but these industries interact and interconnect with each other in complex ways. This is because they cooperate with each other for the same resources, such as A limited pool of disposable income A limited pool of advertising revenue A limited amount of consumption time Skilled creative an...

1) Media Conglomerate : Comcast Conglomerate ownership : NBC Universal-merger with Comcast and Telemundo Vertical and horizontal integration : DreamWorks, "Television, news, movies, theme parks" Synergy : DreamWorks- theme parks, such as Shrek, Fast and Furious etc. Diversification : Comcast cable- ISP, internet, video and phone provider. Cross-media regulation : Comcast-Time Warner merger is in trouble- they made a loss. 2) In my opinion, I believe that governments should prevent media conglomerates from being too dominant to a large extent . This is because they could have unhealthy and dangerous effects , the fact that the media has power to make or break political careers and have a significant amount of influence over the public. Additionally, stories can end up being biased which means that we won't have a free and function democracy. On the other hand, governments shouldn't prevent media conglomerates from being too dominant, this is beca...

1) Regulation is a system that monitors the way industries work. Systems of regulations are requires to provide rules and regulations to ensure that organisations operate fairly. E.g. Broadcast media (TV and Radio) are regulated by OFCOM. The media needs to be regulated to ensure that no ones privacy is invaded or they aren't advertising fake news. The media regulators are organisations that the audiences can turn to if they don't agree with something or aren't happy with something. If this is the case, media regulators must provide a set of tough consequences for media organisations that break the rules, but they do also need a balance of interests of media producers and protect freedom of expression. 2) OFCOM is responsible for regulation broadcast media such as TV and Radio. The OFice of COMmunication is responsible for regulating television, radio, telephone services and some other aspects of the internet. They are also responsible for granting licenses to T...