Monday, April 23, 2012

Media Ownership


  1. What strikes you about the way media ownership is divided?
How uneven ownership is by different corporations.  For example, Walt Disney has a $40.1 billion revenue, while Tribune Company has a fraction of Walt Disney’s revenue, having a $3.2 billion revenue.
  1. How consistent is the information you found? If it's consistent, what does this tell you about the sources? If it is not consistent, do you have any ideas about why the info doesn't match up? Consider source legitimacy, date of research, etc.
The information I found was consistent.  This displays that the sources have used the same sources or have found their research directly from the companies that they were researching.
  1. What are the pros or cons of the way media ownership is currently divided?
Pros:
-Companies can focus in specific areas of media.
Cons:
-Some companies and medias are at a disadvantage because they don’t have revenues that are large enough to keep that media area successful, while another media with larger revenue companies have more to try to get ahead.
  1. What questions do you have about what you are noticing, or what do you want to know more about?
For companies that focus in several areas of media, how much of their focus is in each area?

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