Question 4: Theorists

MEDIA INDUSTRIES THEORISTS Curran and Seaton theorise that the media industries follow the normal capitalist pattern of increasing concentration of ownership in fewer and fewer hands. They argue that this leads to a narrowing of the range of voices and viewpoints available to audiences, with power and control over media production and distribution lying with a small number of conglomerates rather than reflecting diverse public interests. They claim that the Internet provides a way for other voic