Conglomeration is more then what you think it is. You don't realize how big these companies are until you see it. At least I didn't. I knew some companies were bigger then others but I didn't realize how big they could get. I also didn't realize that some of the companies owned by these conglomerations, were owned by these conglomerations.
In conglomeration there sre companies that like smaller companies ideas so they buy those smaller companies. When conglomerates buy these smaller companies they typically let some people go because they don't need them because they already have enough employees. They just want the main people who specialize in different areas. Conglomerations lead to job loss and also limitation of ideas. I say this because once they find something that makes them a lot of money they go with it until most people don't pay for it anymore.
There are also benefits to conglomerations. Higher quality products, More profitable, less expensive for the common people,you can get multiple medias out of one idea, and more risk on good content. They make higher quality products because they are more profitable so they have more money to spend, so they will in the end get more money. More profitable because they have high quality stuff, and people like nicer things so they will pay more to have nicer things. Less expensive because they can make as much of the product as they want because a lot of people will get it. Instead of just having a good book you can also have a movie, costumes, toys, many other mediums.They have more money to risk so when they make a new content idea they don't have much to loose because they still have a lot of money.
This lecture really stuck in my brain because Mr.Miller kept saying the important facts 5 times (about) so it helped me to remember from repetitiveness. I feel that there is only important information on conglomeration in my brain. Even though there weren't that many visuals in this lecture as there were in mass communication Mr.Miller repeating important and interesting information a lot helped me to remember my content better. This is another technique that helps me to remember information better.
You're not the first person to point out that I can be a bit repetitive at times — but what most people don't know is that I'm doing that on purpose. Repetition is the key to memorization, and although memorization is not the same as learning, it's certainly part of the process.
ReplyDeleteAlso, it's true that I can be a bit repetitive at times — but what many don't understand is that my repetition is deliberate. You see, spaced repetition is important for learning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced_repetition