Citizens, consumers and the citizen-consumer: articulating the interests at stake in media and communications regulation

摘要: The Office of Communications (Ofcom), established by an Act Parliament in 2003, is a new sector wide regulator the UK, required to further interests what has been termed ‘citizen-consumer’. Using critical discursive approach, this article charts unfolding debate among stakeholders regulatory environment as they attempt define citizens, consumers and citizen-consumer. Ofcom preferred align terms ‘citizen’ ‘consumer’ so that both may be met, far possible, through economic agenda market regulation. Among civil society groups, there growing concern citizen interest becoming marginalised consumer discourse becomes more widespread. We conclude advocating development positive definition interests, distinct from for media communications environment.