Industry Theorists

Industry Theorists

Curran and Seaton - The idea that the media is controlled by a small number of companies primarily driven by money and power. They also say that as there are so little companies controlling the medias, this limits creativity and quality.

Livingstone and Lunt - The idea that there is an underlying struggle in recent UK regulation policy between the need to further the interests of citizens.

David Hesmonhalgh - The idea that cultural industry companies try to minimize risk and maximize audiences through vertical and horizontal integration and by formatting their cultural products.