For this paper, you will evaluate issues relating to market concentration, oligo

For this paper, you will evaluate issues relating to market concentration, oligopoly, vertically- and horizontally-integrated firms, and market-dominating firms, in relation to your portfolio assignments topic and research question(s) will and theses.
In your paper,
identify at least one issue relating to your portfolio topic that involves market concentration, monopolistic or oligopolistic competition, market domination by one or more large firms, or tendencies toward merger and acquisition activity in a media market.
(In other words, identify a way or ways that market competition or the presence of big media corporations affect the economics and political economy of your portfolio topic. If you feel that no such effects exist, reach out to the instructor.)
Assess the implications of your selected issue from an economic perspective relating to profits, financial viability, the workings of economic markets, innovation, technical change, and/or other economic factors.
Assess your issue from a critical political economy perspective relating the market power and political power of firms to the public interest, the public sphere, or democratic institutions.
Your paper
must be three to five double-spaced, or 1 1/2 spaces, pages in length.
must meet college-level expectations for practical grammar, punctuation, and usage.
must support your critical thinking by citing and integrating (i.e., applying and analyzing in some depth) at least two credible sources from the course required readings and two credible sources other than the course readings.
must cite and list sources by way of in-text citations and a reference list at the end. No specific citation style is required, but you must provide adequate information so that the instructor can find your sources, including web links when applicable.