Essay Questions

(1)           How far does media ownership confer media control ?

(2)           What are the major tends currently reshaping the media and cultural industries and what are their likely consequences?

(3)           What is the ‘internet of things’ and how might it change the organisation of the communications system?

(4)           How is the organisation of the advertising industry and the forms of advertising changing in response to the rise of digital technologies ?

(5)           ‘The less regulation the better’ Discuss.

(6)           Is there still a role for public service broadcasting in the age of multi -channel television and the internet?

(7)           Are digital technologies increasing the power of audiences and users or confirming the power of established power centres?

(8)           Can  the Internet be a public sphere?