Media Studies A-Level
Citizen versus consumer interest
What Citizen versus consumer interest means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Citizen versus consumer interest
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A contrast between a citizen-facing view, where regulation safeguards pluralism, accuracy and protection from harm, and a consumer-facing view, where regulation should enable choice and competition.
Topics that use Citizen versus consumer interest
- Regulation as summarised by Livingstone and Lunt (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Citizen versus consumer framing
- Contested purposes of media regulation
- Contested regulation
- Globalisation
- Independence from state and commercial pressure
- Inequality in audience competence
- Jurisdiction
- Livingstone and Lunt on regulatory strain
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