Re: concentrated ownership of US mass media

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• Subject: Re: concentrated ownership of US mass media
• From: blamb@hri.com (Bill Lambert)
• Date: Sat, 18 Mar 95 15:48:32 -0800

Article: soc.culture.japan.53480
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 In article <3k62tq$gnv@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, 
 tanaka@nickel.ucs.indiana.edu (TANAKA Tomoyuki) writes:
 => i've noticed how homogeneous (monolithic) US mass media is 
 => compared to Japanese mass media.
 You've got to be kidding. Everyone in Japan reads their
 news from about 3 or 4 newspapers, and watches about 4
 TV stations (mainly). That's the entire country... the
 mass media is much more homogeneous than the U.S. when it
 comes to variety of opionion or sources.
 => for example, on the US television you only see
 => American (or English-language) movies.  on Japanese TV you 
 => often see programs in various European and sometimes Asian 
 => languages (subtitled or bilingual).
 Get cable. There are a few Spanish language channels around,
 and "The International Channel" carries films and news from
 other countries. There are also foreign films on local
 outlets from time to time. Bravo carries many Japanese
 films - subtitled not dubbed.
 => Americans can get news (the O.J.Simpson trial) from CNN 
 => and the TIME magazine, entertain themselves watching James 

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