Industry Theorists (Curran & Seaton, Livingstone & Lunt, David Hesmondhaigh)

Revising The Industry Theorists 

Power & media industries 

- Curran & Seaton 

The media is controlled by a small number of companies primarily driven by the logic of profit and domination.

Regulation

- Sonia Livingstone & Peter Lunt

Transformation in the production, distribution & marketing of digital media, have placed traditional approaches to media restrictions at risk  

Cultural Industries

- David Hesmondhaigh 

Companies try to minimise risk and maximise audiences through vertical and horizontal integration