1. MEDIA & CULTURE

2. W H O C O N T RO L S T H E M E D I A ?

3. C A N W E T RU S T T H E M E D I A ?

4. IS THE MEDIA BIAS FREE?

5. POWER!

6. MEDIA & DEMOCRACY

7. DISNEY & COMPANY
 Walt Disney – or more specifically Disney Media Networks – controls a staggering amount of media outlets.[12] In the
field of motion pictures, they own Walt Disney Pictures (which includes Pixar Animation Studios), Touchstone Pictures
and Hollywood Pictures. They then distribute these films through Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment while
distributing soundtracks and original music under Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records.
 They also own the entire ABC Television Network (which includes ABC Daytime, ABC Entertainment Group and
ABC News), the Disney Channel, ABC Family, SOAPnet, 80% of ESPN (along with ESPN2, ESPN
Classic, ESPNEWS, ESPN Deportes, ESPNU, ESPN HD and ESPN2 HD, ESPN Regional Television, ESPN
International, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Enterprises, ESPN Zones, ESPN360, ESPN Mobile
Properties, ESPN On Demand, ESPN Interactive and ESPN PPV) and television distribution divisions of Disney-ABC
Domestic Television and Disney-ABC ESPN Television.
 Walt Disney also owns large shares of A&E Television Networks and Lifetime Entertainment Services[12], while ABC
Television Network boasts over 200 affiliated stations which together reach 99% of American household televisions, and
that isn’t even getting in to Walt Disney’s control of radio, publishing and other holdings.

8. http://www.hulu.com/watch/88782
SHOWTIME!