This critical study of intellectual property in the new media environment highlights the ways in which issues of intellectual property are driving the contemporary media economy, from disputes over downloading music from the Internet to negotiations over David Beckham's image rights. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the book provides the media student with a clear understanding of how intellectual property laws shape and are shaped by the needs of the media industry. As Richard Haynes demonstrates, the media industry exploits copyright and trademarks in new and seemingly boundless ways...
This critical study of intellectual property in the new media environment highlights the ways in which issues of intellectual property are driving the...
Over the past few decades feminist media scholarship has flourished, to become a major influence on the fields of media, film and cultural studies. At the same time, the cultural shift towards 'post-feminism' has raised questions about the continuing validity of feminism as a defining term for this work. This book explores the changing and often ambivalent relationship between the three terms women, feminism and media in the light of these recent debates. At the same time it places them within the broader discussions within feminist theory--about subjectivity, identity, culture, and narrative...
Over the past few decades feminist media scholarship has flourished, to become a major influence on the fields of media, film and cultural studies. At...
An introduction to issues and practice in media ethics, this text challenges students to identify the requisites for a journalism of integrity and conscience. It addresses questions of inclusivity and diversity and specialist topics that are absent from ot
An introduction to issues and practice in media ethics, this text challenges students to identify the requisites for a journalism of integrity and con...
This volume takes a fresh look at media and communications policy and provides a comprehensive account of issues that are central to the study of the field. It moves beyond the 'specifics' of regulation, by examining policy areas that have proved to be of common concern for societies across different socio-economic realities. It also seeks to address profound gaps in the study of policy by demonstrating the centrality of historical, social and political context in debates that may appear solely technical or economistic. Media Policy and Globalization covers the institutional changes in...
This volume takes a fresh look at media and communications policy and provides a comprehensive account of issues that are central to the study of the ...
