March 15, 2007
Live from SCAT Studio
90 Union Square, Somerville
This episode asks: How does media ownership affect content? The show starts with a brief overview of the mass media industry in America today in regards to corporate ownership and then discusses specific examples and studies of how ownership has already affected content. Topics include whether there is a correlation between the policies and candidates that specific media directors/owners support and their own media outlets’ coverage or non-coverage of those issues and candidates; the difference between media coverage from outlets owned by American for-profit corporations and media coverage from outlets run by non-profit or governmental agencies; and how new media such as citizen journalism, blogs, and YouTube influence the equation.
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