Media Consolidation is the consequence of the media's consolidation that may seem harmful to the democracy. The content that is being distributed to the public is covering the importance of the issue that can become a biased opinion later on. The media can lead to the increase of a market power of companies out of it's own media outlets, that can result in ah higher price for the consumers. The media is affecting segments differently in our society due to the "Media consolidation shuts out women and minorities" Mediaissues. Meaning minorities make up 33% of the entire population. the level of female and minority ownership make an advanced in other industries like, the broadcast sector in the 1990's and worsened the broadcast sector.
According to to Free Press"Hispanic or Latino owned stations reaching 21.8% of the Latino TV in household, in the united states" theres going to be tv household reaching African Americans but they don't reach them by black owned tv stations"Free Press. Tv network Hulu, Netflix, Youtube, Youtube Tv, Peacock, and Disney Plus. Disney Plus is a very popular streaming network dedicated for the younger generation to watch cartoons and shows. It's a popular source that is creating memories for families and friends to have a family friendly stories, that can shape a child's imagination. Disney is bringing the media and companies a large amount of size of what's being added to their streaming sites. According to the Media Issues" Disney is a prime example of the issues with media convergence". The article discusses how Disney Plus is buying up media as they own multiple large move franchises and have stock or ownership of twelve television channels. Disney is collaborating and taking away other streaming content from HBO Max ,Netflix, and Hulu, creating a massive streaming source that will fight against a competitor and the stock they have invested.
Media Consolidation reflects with Free Press "The pressure of consolidation and concentration brought on by bad policy decisions have crowded out women and minority owners". The FCC can't even accurately account for the current state of media ownership".Hulu, Netflix , YoutubeTV, Peacock, and Disney Plus have expanded tremendously throughout they years. Everyone that has a phone has either access to the internet and are able to log in these streaming sites. Media consolidation is the main prior consequence of the media's consolidation to the democracy.
The content that is being distributed to he public is covering the importance of an issue that can become biased later. The media can lead to the increase of a market power of companies out of its's own media outlets. that can result in a higher price for consumers. As well as the negative effects of how media consolidation is taking a negative effect on our mental health regarding depression, insecurity, anxiety ,low self esteem. These are important factors that are taking place in our generations and so on so forth the media in television has been around for decades it's time we start knowing what's happening.
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