COMN 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Liberal Democracy
25 Aug 2016
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•relationship between the state and the media
•in a liberal democracy the state tries to control the media and regulate what goes on in the
media
•we do not live in a ideal liberal democracy
•state influence on the media can either be direct or indirect
•manipulation of the media is not transparent
•various elites within liberal democracy try to manipulate the media within it - in an indirect
way
•liberalism by definition is a sort of freedom ideologically
•we have in Canada 4 major media owners that control virtually all channels
•process of consolidation accelerates overtime
•worldwide publishing is now down to 5 major companies
•corporations are consistent with what they want - political stability, minimal interference with
the market, and minimal government interference
•Regulatory process - set up regulator for steel industry - who to put on it - someone who
knows about the steel industry and the regulations - hire regulatory - regulator regulates -
result is that the regulator is instinctively sympathetic with regulator goals.
•no regulators = government and corporations collude
•collusion can be a good thing depending on the results - more freedom for public - collusion
would be good for strong liberal pluralists
1. Owner
2. custodian
3. patron
4. Catalyst
5. content provider
6. regulator
7. Sensor
•States influences in any of the above can be indirect or direct
•Public funding to broadcasters for many years - CBC chart
•CBC is the least funded department
•In comparison to BBC, CBC is funded way less
•CBC is the third lowest funded broadcaster in comparison to other countries, Norway $180 per
capita, Canada $29 per capita
•Now the treasury board is represented through union management negotiation of the CBC
•Canadian government directly involved itself in the custodian role through getting rid of the
national gallery in 2009
•deliberate policy in us to distribute globally, but no policy was given Canada
•as a patron and a catalyst, the Canadian government has discouraged the distribution of
american media and encouraged Canadian media
•government subsidizes public media along with private broadcasting industry - private
broadcasters receive between $1.0 and $1.1 billion dollars
•governments provide false and misleading information, and falsely creating media and
audience relationships
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