Friday, September 24, 2010

In what has deregulation changed the radio and recording industry?

Deregulation has changed the radio and recording industry by allowing demassification and sub-groups to occur. Radio and recording is more personalized and has the more freedom to experiment with things instead of being controlled and constricted by the government. Because it’s more personalized, the things being produced do not all sound the same and also cover different opinions and variations of things in the world. For example, if we had government run radio we would not have the choice to listen to different radio stations like opinionated talk shows or even have the freedom of picking one of many genres of music to listen to. With government run radio things would be, for lack of a better term, more generalized. With government run recording, artists such as Eminem and Marilyn Manson would definitely not be shown the light of day because of their controversial lyrics and images they create. They are independent artists that the government would probably not want to be caught dead representing in any way shape or form. Because all of these things are allowed to be aired or produced Americans have the privilege of listening to whatever they want.

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