Media Studies A-Level
Free-market economics
What Free-market economics means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Free-market economics
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A market-led philosophy assuming that competition and consumer choice discipline media companies and improve service to audiences.
Topics that use Free-market economics
Related terms
- Concentration of media power
- Cross-border media ownership
- Curran and Seaton's critique of market power
- Deregulation
- Deregulation of media
- Economies of scale and risk spreading
- Effects on audience choice and diversity
- Free market
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