This week's lecture dealt with commercial media. We learned about the diversity (and lack thereof) in corporate ownership of commercial media and the various methods in which the state and other bodies intervene to ensure that the commercial media meets (at least some of) the social responsibilities of being a mass media organisation. Dr. Redman quoted his colleague Prof. Michael Bromley:
"In this regard, one thing stands out above all others - the view that the very nature of the commercial equates to a corruption of the social. In other words, as media become more commercial, they do so at the expense of their social function. This is seen as a zero-sum game. Profits come before quality."
We talked about the challenges that commercial media faces (eg. tabloidisation).
The Guardian is pretty much the only good one, guys.
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