Media Studies A-Level
Media ownership and control
What Media ownership and control means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Media ownership and control
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The ownership and control of media industries shape what audiences are offered, and privacy is one area where that power becomes visible.
Topics that use Media ownership and control
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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