| Media and Power Contributor(s): Curran, James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415077397 ISBN-13: 9780415077392 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2002 Annotation: "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? And what is the relationship between media and power in society? In this major new book, James Curran reviews the different answers which have been given before advancing original interpretations in a series of ground-breaking essays. The book also provides a guided tour of major debates in media studies. Some of the specific issues Curran addresses is the role of the media making of modern society; how "new media" has changed society in the past; and the limitations of the US-based model of "communications" research. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Media Studies |
| Dewey: 302.23 |
| LCCN: 2003467654 |
| Lexile Measure: 1420 |
| Series: Communication and Society |
| Physical Information: 0.91" H x 6.32" W x 9.7" (1.32 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Media and Power addresses three key questions about the relationship between media and society. This book also provides a guided tour of the major debates in media studies. What part did the media play in the making of modern society? How did 'new media' change society in the past? Will radical media research recover from its mid-life crisis? Is public service television the dying product of the nation in an age of globalization? Media and Power provides both a clear introduction to media research and an innovative analysis of media power. |