What Is Vertical Integration

question 43

Multiple Choice

What is vertical integration?

• A) Control of the production, distribution, and exhibition of a film or other cultural product by one company
• B) A system for predicting whether a film will succeed or fail at the box office
• C) The theory that media elites atop the social hierarchy can persuade the citizenry to act in certain ways
• D) The process a movie goes through from script to promotion
• E) A unionizing tactic in which all levels of movie production-from actors and directors to camera operators and janitors-are brought into a single bargaining force

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