A Business Unlike Others Summary

Concentration of ownership in the hands of corporations has narrowed the sources from which original news derives. Some might view this as a concern since a small number of corporations are controlling the information they read, it might hinder one's perspective or view on a situation. Michel Foccault was a French Philosopher who believed that there is a strong correlation between knowledge and power. He explains:

With the things said and those concealed, the enunciations required and those forbidden, that it comprises; with the variants and different effects – according to who is speaking, his position of power, the institutional context in which he happens to be situated – that it implies; and with the shifts and reutilizations of identical

Kopinak is a review proposed in 1983 using qualitative and quantitative research methods. She believes that the Royal Commission consists of contradiction by examining problems from the commission and demonstrating solutions. The author argues that although Kent is against the ideology of Ownership Concentration he also takes capital into consideration. This ideology can hurt the quality of newspaper because the intention could be for the wrong reason. The author points out statements from the Royal Commission to prove her claim that Kent contradicts himself. Kopinak (1981) states, "Posing the contradiction throughout the report, he says, "Business is private, but information is public,"?' and "Its two central purposes, to earn a profit and to perform a public service, tug in opposite directions. " In this

The report discusses a few convictions that hope to get the attention of the Senate to examine state of Canada's new media. Their area of concern is regarding the diversity of the news and expanding world news from a Canadian perspective. The government document uses primary research data to showcase ownership concentration within newspaper companies in Canada from 1994-2003. Referring to the interim (2002), researchers found that in 1999 Southam/Hollinger controlled 42% of the newspaper market. They argue that quality and diversity of the news media is critical in helping people make informed choices and encouraging them to influence public authorities and local decision-makers civil society