Theory Summary

 

THEORY	THEORIST	DEFINITION	CASE STUDY
Media ownership / regulation
Synergy
Cross Media Convergence		Companies coming together vertically or horizontally
New Media
Agenda Setting
Censorship
US Law: Section 230
Technological Convergence
Hegemonic Groups
Moral Panic		Moral Panics are irrational fears that have been spread and exaggerated by the media, with 5 stages being Concern, Hostility, Consensus, Disproportionality and Volatility.	The internet hoax and urban legend “Momo” caused moral panic to specifically children and parents due to the instructions of the challenges encouraging them to do self harm.
Post Modernism	Jean Baudrillard	Baudrillard added to the postmodernism theory suggesting that everything is a copy of a copy of a copy, with there being reality, heightened reality and hyperreality and where the audience prefers hyper reality compared to reality. Simulacra, a representation of reality that is fake, never existed or no longer exists.	An example of the different versions of reality in media can be seen as follows, reality is our reality, real life, hyper reality is
Post Colonialism		Post colonialism are the effects of colonialism in modern media, these include racism and white superiority	Movies such as the most recent James Bond, represents the British as formal, smart, skilled, and dresses nicely