Media systems & industries

In the Libertarian theory of media systems

• Media are seen as "freemarketplace of ideas"

• Media are controlled by small elites, under supervision of a monarch

• Media has obligations to society, should be socially responsible

In Hallin and Macini's three models of media systems, in democratic corporatist system journalists can be described as

• highly professionalized

• having low professionalization

In Hallin and Mancini's media system model, professionalization of journalists means that

• journalists are well educated

• journalist are well organized

• journalists write good stories and make good tv & radio programs

Capital concentration of media means

• Media organizations are strong financially

• There is tendency to have more media owners in each country

• There is tendency to have less media owners in each countru

Which countries are enclosed in the liberal media system of Hallin and Mancini?

• Greece, Spain and France

• Norway, Denmark and Sweden

• USA, Canada and Great Britain