Media Studies A-Level
Surveillance
What Surveillance means in Media Studies A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Surveillance
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The gathering and monitoring of information about audiences and citizens, whether by states, platforms or media organisations.
Topics that use Surveillance
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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