Curran and Seaton

Curran and Seaton on the need for diversity: Diversity is in the public interest - but modern societies suffer from collective attention deficit disorders {...} the public interest has to work harder to be noticed, and we need agile but resourceful media to do that Similarities between mobile and computers - digital technologies - access to the internet digital technologies are technologies made possible due to the access of computers. Monopoly - The exclusive ownership or control of something advantages - audience manipulation, removes competition disadvantages - lack of diversity, publishing reviews on their own films Curran and Seaton on Monopoly: It [extends] their range of business and political connections, [increases] their corporation's prestige and, through judicious editorial appointments, [contributes] to the maintenance of public opinion favourable to private enterprise. If you have a monopoly, it means you dominate multiple media industries, focus on c...