Media and Power
About the Book Series
Media and Power is a series that publishes work uniting media studies with studies of power.
This innovative and original series features books that challenge, even transcend, conventional disciplinary boundaries, construing both media and power in the broadest possible terms. At the same time, books in the series are designed to fit into several different types of college courses in political science, public policy, communication, journalism, media, history, film, sociology, anthropology, and cultural studies.
Intended for the scholarly, text, and trade markets, the series should attract authors and inspire and provoke readers.
News Quality in the Digital Age
1st Edition
Edited
By Regina G Lawrence, Philip M Napoli
March 09, 2023
This book brings together a diverse, international array of contributors to explore the topics of news “quality” in the online age and the relationships between news organizations and enormously influential digital platforms such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter. Covering topics ranging from ...
Spectacle and Diversity: Transnational Media and Global Culture
1st Edition
By Lee Artz
December 31, 2021
This book shows how transnational media operate in the contemporary world and what their impact is on film, television, and the larger global culture. Where a company is based geographically no longer determines its outreach or output. As media consolidate and partner across national and cultural ...
Fixing American Politics: Solutions for the Media Age
1st Edition
Edited
By Roderick Hart
November 30, 2021
Fixing American Politics: Solutions for the Media Age brings together original chapters from 34 noted scholars from two disciplines – political science and communication – asked to identify the most pressing problems facing the American people and how they can be solved. Authors address the ...
The Political Voices of Generation Z
1st Edition
By Laurie Rice, Kenneth Moffett
September 28, 2021
This book explores political expression of members of Generation Z old enough to vote in 2018 and 2020 on issues and movements including MeToo, Supreme Court nominations, March for Our Lives, immigration and family separation, and Black Lives Matter. Since generational dividing lines blur, we study...
Politics, Journalism, and The Way Things Were: My Life at The Times, The Hill, and Politico
1st Edition
By Martin Tolchin
December 03, 2019
In this book, Martin Tolchin describes his journey from New York Times copy boy to White House correspondent, and as founder of The Hill and co-founder of Politico. He tells of the talented and eccentric colleagues he encountered en route, and the conflicts and tensions that beset him during his 40...
Star Power: American Democracy in the Age of the Celebrity Candidate
1st Edition
By Lauren Wright
July 16, 2019
Are celebrity politics the spice of American public life or a pox on policy progress? This book identifies and measures the attributes of celebrities that make them well-equipped to win campaigns and yet poorly prepared to govern effectively. The framers of the U.S. Constitution worried about the ...
Presidents and the Media: The Communicator in Chief
1st Edition
By Stephen E. Frantzich
August 16, 2018
Is Donald Trump’s "War on the Media" new news, fake news, or business as usual? Presidents have always "used" the media and felt abused by it. Tried and true vehicles such as press conferences, routine speeches and the State of the Union address have served presidents’ interests and received ...
Politics in Popular Movies: Rhetorical Takes on Horror, War, Thriller, and Sci-Fi Films
1st Edition
By John S. Nelson
July 30, 2015
Popular movies can be surprisingly smart about politics - from the portentous politics of state or war, to the grassroots, everyday politics of family, romance, business, church and school. Politics in Popular Movies analyses the politics in many well-known films across four popular genres: horror,...
Presidential Road Show: Public Leadership in an Era of Party Polarization and Media Fragmentation
1st Edition
By Diane J. Heith
February 28, 2013
In The Presidential Road Show: Public Leadership in an Era of Party Polarization and Media Fragmentation, Diane J. Heith evaluates presidential leadership by critically examining a fundamental tenet of the presidency: the national nature of the office. The fact that the entire nation votes for the ...
Media and Conflict: Escalating Evil
1st Edition
By Cees Jan Hamelink
July 30, 2011
The world faces explosive conflicts about the distribution and scarcity of resources, about ethnicity and religion, and about the risks of urban life. These conflicts can easily spiral out of control toward mass slaughter-an evil of huge proportions that is often escalated by the media. What should...
Evil and Silence
1st Edition
By Richard Fleming
November 30, 2010
Inspired by Ludwig Wittgenstein and Stanley Cavell, this book is a profoundly original philosophical work put together as a network of quotations, to show that our language is never our own and that ethics can be understood as an effect of our attitude to language. It is a meditation on justice and...
Sex and Violence: The Hollywood Censorship Wars
1st Edition
By Tom Pollard
January 30, 2010
Sex and Violence examines the history and social dynamics of film censorship in the United States. It examines censorship controversies throughout film history, from the beginning of cinema in the 1890s to the present. The book focuses both on formal censorship systems, including state and local ...