Media Response #1 - Media Economics

Research online your assigned media conglomerant – Disney/ABC, First, describe or characterize your media conglomerant (e.g., what media companies does it own, does it specialize in any specific area, etc.).  Second, is the concentration of media ownership into the hands of a few beneficial or harmful for the public? [NOTE: You should be discussing media ownership in general, not just related to the company that you have been assigned.] Explain your viewpoint considering what you learned in Vivian Chapters 1 and 3, Ted Turner’s article “My Beef with Big Media,” or other relevant course sources. [Approx. 3 pages, double spaced; upload Word document in Isidore under "Assignments"; due 09/10/15 by 9:00 am.]

APA Style for Reference List (example):

Turner, T. (2004, August). My beef with big media. Washington Monthly. Retrieved from http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004.

Vivian, J. (2013). The media of mass communication (11^th Ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson Education, Inc.

APA Style for Corporate Web Site (example):

Time Warner Inc. (2015). Our content. Retrieved August 12, 2015, from http://www.timewarner.com/ourontent/