Hesmondhalgh - Cultural Industries

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Media Industry - Rupert Murdoch’s Sky bid is not in public interest, says regulator

CMA rules against 21st Century Fox’s bid to take control of 61% of Sky it does not already own.

Rupert Murdoch’s £11.7bn bid to take full control of Sky could be blocked after the UK competition regulator said the deal would give his family to much control over UK news media.

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Newspaper ownership and conventions

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What is the framework?

No matter how epic or how creative you’re the Media Studies framework provides you with the tools to help you develop a critical understanding of the media.

The framework underpins the study of the media in all three components of the specification and is made up of four inter-related areas.

• Media language: how the media communicates meaning through their forms, codes and conventions, and techniques.

• Representation: how the media portray events, issues, individuals and social groups.

• Media Industries: how production, distribution and circulation are linked to an affect media forms and platforms.

• Audiences: how media forms target, reach and address audiences. How audiences might interpret and respond to different media forms and how audiences may themselves become producers.