Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Revisiting Industrial Debates - Guided Study Task Two

This is your main task to engage with in place of a lecture this week as the Guided Study requirements.

Follow the link below and watch the video of James Taggart's 2009 MacTaggart Lecture to the annual Edinburgh Television Festival:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/video/2009/aug/29/james-murdoch-edinburgh-festival-mactaggart

Having watched this lecture, consider the following questions:

1. What are the key terms of Murdoch's position concerning British television in the digital era?

2. What terms/ideas does he use to justify these claims? Why?

3. What might be some of the positive points of what he is saying?

4. Why do you think Murdoch made these claims? What is motivating his discussion? What ideas/consequences does he overlook?

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