Can someone please help me answer the following question:
What is the direct and indirect ownership of the media? How might it be viewed as a threat to democracy? What do you think?

Would you really like us to do your homework for you or have you tried Google?? :rolleyes:

Can someone please help me answer the following question:
What is the direct and indirect ownership of the media? How might it be viewed as a threat to democracy? What do you think?

As an employee of a newspaper, I think those who own media are too busy pinching pennies and analyzing profit margins to be a threat to democracy.

Here is an article that you will find helpful:
http://www.buzzflash.com/reviews/05/rev05015.html

And many more here (http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&lr=&newwindow=1&safe=off&q=media+ownership%22threat+to+democracy%22&btnG=Search).