Who owns the media?

Have a look at the website http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/cool/giants/ which shows who owns the media.  Select one of the companies out of Viacom, News Corp, Walt Disney etc and have a look at the type of companies they own.  Do you know any of these companies?  What do you think is the effect if one company controls so many types of media.  Please comment.

Analyzing a picture

What message is this picture trying to send us about the media?

One Way or Two Way Communication

Remember the exercise we did today in class about one way or two way communication?  Have a discussion or comment on the following question:

1. When do media claim to offer two-way communication yet only offer a few more one way choices?