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.
News and Journalism in the UK
5th Edition
By Brian McNair, Brian McNair
August 04, 2009
News and Journalism in the UK is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of press and broadcast journalism in Britain and Northern Ireland. Surveying the industry in a period of radical economic and technological change, Brian McNair ...
Narrating Media History
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Bailey
October 15, 2008
Based on the work of media historian, James Curran, Narrating Media History explores British media history as a series of competing narratives. This unique and timely collection brings together leading international media history scholars, not only to identify and contrast the various ...
Western Media Systems
1st Edition
By Jonathan Hardy
August 20, 2008
Western Media Systems offers a critical introduction to media systems in North America and Western Europe. The book offers a wide-ranging survey of comparative media analysis addressing the economic, social, political, regulatory and cultural aspects of Western media systems. Jonathan Hardy ...
Television Entertainment
1st Edition
By Jonathan Gray
April 03, 2008
Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world’s most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement. More than a parade of little figures in a box, it is deeply embedded in everyday life, in how we think, what we think and care about, and who we think and care about it...
The Mediation of Power: A Critical Introduction
1st Edition
By Aeron Davis
September 07, 2007
The Mediation of Power investigates how those in positions of power use and are influenced by media in their everyday activities. Each chapter examines this theme through an exploration of some of the key topics and debates in the field, including: theories of media and power media policy and the ...
Media on the Move: Global Flow and Contra-Flow
1st Edition
Edited
By Daya Kishan Thussu
December 13, 2006
Media on the Move provides a critical analysis of the dynamics of the international flow of images and ideas. This comes at a time when the political, economic and technological contexts within which media organisations operate are becoming increasingly global. The surge in transnational traffic in...
Remaking Media: The Struggle to Democratize Public Communication
1st Edition
By Robert Hackett, William Carroll
June 23, 2006
Remaking Media is a unique and timely reading of the contemporary struggle to democratize communication. With a focus on activism directed towards challenging and changing media content, practices and structures, the book explores the burning question: What is the political significance and ...
Media and Power
1st Edition
By James Curran
October 18, 2002
Media and Power addresses three key questions about the relationship between media and society.*How much power do the media have?*Who really controls the media?*What is the relationship between media and power in society?In this major new book, James Curran reviews the different answers which have ...
Ill Effects: The Media Violence Debate
2nd Edition
Edited
By Martin Barker, Julian Petley
May 29, 2001
The influence of the media remains a contentious issue. Every time a particularly high-profile crime of violence is committed, there are those who blame the effects of the media. The familiar culprits of cinema, television, video and rock music, have now been joined, particularly in the wake of the...
De-Westernizing Media Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By James Curran, Myung-Jin Park
February 03, 2000
De-Westernizing Media Studies brings together leading media critics from around the world to address central questions in the study of the media. How do the media connect to power in society? Who and what influence the media? How is globalization changing both society and the media?...
Media, Ritual and Identity
1st Edition
Edited
By James Curran, Tamar Liebes
May 29, 1998
Media, Ritual and Identity examines the role of the media in society; its complex influence on democratic processes and its participation in the construction and affirmation of different social identities. It draws extensively upon cultural anthropology and combines a commanding overview of ...
International Radio Journalism
1st Edition
By Tim Crook
January 22, 1998
Radio journalists have witnessed much of the history of the twentieth century. From early documentary recordings , to the ground-breaking war reporting of Ed Murrow and Richard Dimbleby, to the sophisticated commentaries of Alistair Cooke and reporters such as Fergal Keane, International Radio ...