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Critically evaluate the implications of the media dependence on advertising revenue in the context of the 'media industrial marketing complex'.  

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Critically evaluate the implications of the media dependence on advertising revenue in the context of the 'media industrial marketing complex'. Comment reflectively on the degree to which advertising financed media can provide all citizens with the information, which meets their needs as citizens. One of the main sources of revenue for the media is advertising. For commercial television, radio and the press, advertising is their lifeblood. Advertisers have one aim. This is to promote sales of their products and services through ensuring that their adverts reach their target audiences. The profitability of ITV, Channel 4 and other commercial television and radio companies is dependent on their ability to achieve good programme ratings. In the second half of the 19th century, Modern advertising developed however it can be traced back to the early 18th century. During what was called the mid-Victorian era the press in Britain began using advertising to cover all...

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