Media and Power

ISBN-13: 9780415077408 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 320 str.

JAMES CURRAN

Opis

This text addresses three key questions about the relationship between media and society: how much power do the media have? who really controls the media? and what is the relationship between media and power in society.

Spis treści

Part 1 Media history; Chapter 1 Rival narratives of media history; Chapter 2 New media and power; Chapter 3 Capitalism and control of the press; Part 2 Media sociology; Chapter 4 New revisionism in media and cultural studies; Chapter 5 Renewing the radical tradition; Chapter 6 Globalization theory: the absent debate; Part 3 Media politics; Chapter 7 Globalization, social change and television reform; Chapter 8 Media and democracy: the third way;

O autorze

James Curran is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author or editor of over thirteen books about the media, including Power Without Responsibility: The Press and Broadcasting in Britain (with Jean Seaton, 6th edition, 2002), and Mass Media and Society (edited with Michael Gurevitch, 3rd edition, 2000)