History A-Level
Local and commercial media expansion
What Local and commercial media expansion means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Local and commercial media expansion
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The 1980s saw significant growth in Independent Local Radio and commercial stations, building on the end of the BBC's radio monopoly in 1973.
Topics that use Local and commercial media expansion
- Paper 3, Option 39.2: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004 - 4 The Thatcher governments and the media, 1979–90 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Competition and choice in broadcasting
- Government control of information
- Media compliance and resistance
- National security and secrecy
- Public-service broadcasting remit
- The role of the press secretary
- Commercial funding and advertising
- Deregulation and market competition
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