Media and PowerMedia 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 been given, before advancing original interpretations in a series of ground-breaking essays. 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. |
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... organization and performance of television, while Chapter 8 reassesses theories of media and democracy. Both chapters are partly expository in that they outline different debates, and partly prescriptive in that they advocate a range of ...
... organization and performance of television, while Chapter 8 reassesses theories of media and democracy. Both chapters are partly expository in that they outline different debates, and partly prescriptive in that they advocate a range of ...
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... organization, content and influence of the emergent media system in Britain.1 Yet, despite this auspicious beginning, media history has since become marginalized. It is now the neglected grandparent of media studies: isolated, ignored ...
... organization, content and influence of the emergent media system in Britain.1 Yet, despite this auspicious beginning, media history has since become marginalized. It is now the neglected grandparent of media studies: isolated, ignored ...
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... organizations the oxygen of publicity, sustained an independent political agenda, exerted strong pressure for further democratization and helped to alert the landed elite to the need to make major concessions in order to preserve public ...
... organizations the oxygen of publicity, sustained an independent political agenda, exerted strong pressure for further democratization and helped to alert the landed elite to the need to make major concessions in order to preserve public ...
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... the 1840s, women were speaking at public meetings and were co-ordinating campaigning organizations. This was part of a more general trend in which women became more visible in public places, print, religion, and 10 Media history.
... the 1840s, women were speaking at public meetings and were co-ordinating campaigning organizations. This was part of a more general trend in which women became more visible in public places, print, religion, and 10 Media history.
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... organization led from the top. Its cultural evangelism resulted in some regular programmes being scheduled at different times in order to keep listeners on their toes and prevent 'lazy' listening. A period of silence was also imposed ...
... organization led from the top. Its cultural evangelism resulted in some regular programmes being scheduled at different times in order to keep listeners on their toes and prevent 'lazy' listening. A period of silence was also imposed ...
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