Communication and Society
About the Book Series
This series encompasses the broad field of media and cultural studies. Its main concerns are the media and the public sphere: on whether the media empower or fail to empower popular forces in society; media organizations and public policy; political communication; and the role of media entertainment, ranging from potboilers and the human interest story to rock music and TV sport.
Pluralism, Politics and the Marketplace: The Regulation of German Broadcasting
1st Edition
By Suzanne Hasselbach, Vincent Porter
May 26, 2016
Since the mid-1980s, broadcasting in the Federal Republic of Germany has been extensively re-regulated. The traditional duopoly of the public broadcasters Ard and ZDF has been challenged by new private networks in both radio and television. In two historic judgements handed down in 1986 and 1987, ...
Misunderstanding the Internet
2nd Edition
By James Curran, Natalie Fenton, Des Freedman
February 09, 2016
The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more than 3 billion internet users across the globe, some 40 per cent of the world’s population. The internet’s meteoric rise is a phenomenon of enormous significance for the economic, political and social life of contemporary societies...
News and Politics: The Rise of Live and Interpretive Journalism
1st Edition
By Stephen Cushion
March 20, 2015
News and Politics critically examines television news bulletins – still the primary source of information for most people – and asks whether the wider pace and immediacy of 24-hour news culture has influenced their format and style over time. Drawing on the concepts of mediatization and ...
Journalism in Context: Practice and Theory for the Digital Age
1st Edition
By Angela Phillips
September 24, 2014
Journalism in Context is an accessible introduction to the theory and practice of journalism in a changing world. The book looks at the way in which power flows through media organisations influencing not only what journalists choose to present to their audiences but how they present it and then in...
Critical Political Economy of the Media: An Introduction
1st Edition
By Jonathan Hardy
June 25, 2014
How the media are organised and funded is central to understanding their role in society. Critical Political Economy of the Media provides a clear, comprehensive and insightful introduction to the political economic analysis of contemporary media. Jonathan Hardy undertakes a critical survey ...
Media Effects and Beyond: Culture, Socialization and Lifestyles
1st Edition
By Karl Erik Rosengren
February 25, 2014
Addressing a multitude of questions and issues surrounding how we use the media, Media Effects and Beyond represents the results of an international research programme into the use and effects of television, video and music. Seeing the viewer not simply as passive object but as a very active ...
Televised Presidential Debates and Public Policy
2nd Edition
By Sidney Kraus
October 11, 2013
With this second edition, Kraus continues his examination of formal presidential debates, considering the experience of television in presidential elections, reviewing what has been learned about televised debates, and evaluating that knowledge in the context of the election process, specifically, ...
Changing Journalism
1st Edition
By Peter Lee-Wright, Angela Phillips, Tamara Witschge
August 23, 2011
Journalism is in transition. Irrevocable decisions are being made, often based on flimsy evidence, which could change not only the future of journalism, but also the future of democracy. This book, based on extensive research, provides the opportunity to reflect upon these decisions and considers ...
Journalism After September 11
2nd Edition
Edited
By Barbie Zelizer, Stuart Allan
May 24, 2011
Praise for the first edition: This collection of essays comes mainly from academics but nobody should bridle at theorists lecturing practitioners. They properly challenge the way September 11th was reported - in a way that's both an endorsement of the role of the media and a wake-up call on its ...
Media and Democracy
1st Edition
By James Curran
May 03, 2011
Media and Democracy addresses key topics and themes in relation to democratic theory, media and technology, comparative media studies, media and history, and the evolution of media research. For example: How does TV entertainment contribute to the democratic life of society? Why are Americans ...
Media Perspectives for the 21st Century
1st Edition
Edited
By Stylianos Papathanassopoulos
January 25, 2011
Media Perspectives for the 21st Century brings together key international scholars to explore concepts, topics and issues concerning the communication environment in contemporary democratic societies. It combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to provide an interdisciplinary and truly ...
Political Communication and Social Theory
1st Edition
By Aeron Davis
August 23, 2010
Political Communication and Social Theory presents an advanced and challenging text for students and scholars of political communication and mass media in democracies. It draws together work from across political communication, media sociology and political sociology, and includes a mix of ...