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Limitations of Media Cross-Ownership

Being designated as the Fourth Estate , the American media acclaimed and pride itself of sharing an equivalent respect , rights and power with the three branches of government namely the Executive , Legislative and Judiciary . As created by the United States Constitution , the press has significant impacts in American lives as well as performs a critical role and responsibility as a guardian that upholds U .S . democracy at all times . This duty is warranted by the First Amended to the

U .S Constitution which stipulates that both the American Senate and House of Representatives do not make and pass laws that restrict or curtail press freedom . Such immunity or liberty is an innate nature of the American media in for the industry to provide a fair , true and accurate reporting of life 's events

However , this same freedom entails responsibility within the industry and among its members . This is because it is through the same privilege and premise of upholding of the press ' rights that the industry 's obligations should never cease to exist . These duties include the press provision and continued adherence to diversity . Furnishing the public with the broadest means of disseminating information from various sources should exists along with media 's privileges . Hence , cross-media ownership , as one of its enterprising options , should still be subjected to limitations . Beyond media 's option to expand is its consideration on the availability of sources . Additionally , foremost the choice of some media organizations to merge with others is taking into account whether the welfare of the public is met with regards the diversity of sources This is for the reason that restricting media monopoly will , in turn results to a diverse media and that the people will not be dictated with what they will read , see and hear

The Media Industry , An Overview

The American press traced its roots and evolution from print media with the publication of the first news in Boston , Massachusetts in the last decade of the 17th century . Since then , the media industry has traveled a long way with the advent of other forms of print media such as magazines and eventually the coming and evolution of the broadcast media like radio and television . This industry development happened in a span of almost 50 years and provided the American people with guaranteed access to other media forms . Television saw the potential of a nationwide as well as global audience or market immediately after the World War II . Seeing television as more powerful , the original forms of media have defied their imminent downfall and diversified by using technological advancements such as satellite or the web . The last parts of the 20th century up to the beginning of the 21 century witnessed the fresh trends of interactive median which was ignited by the advancement of digital technology and the significantly flourishing unity of cable television , telephone and computer . This diversification or availability of other sources , in turn , has resulted...