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? 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. 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? What are the limitations of the US-based model of ‘communications research’? Is globalization disempowering national electorates or bringing into being a new, progressive global politics? Is public service television the dying product of the nation in an age of globalization? What can be learned from the ‘third way’ tradition of European media policy?
Curran’s response to these questions provides both a clear introduction to media research and an innovative analysis of media power, and is written by one of the field’s leading scholars.
The book also provides a guided tour of 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? What are the limitations of the US-based model of ‘communications research’? Is globalization disempowering national electorates or bringing into being a new, progressive global politics? Is public service television the dying product of the nation in an age of globalization? What can be learned from the ‘third way’ tradition of European media policy?
Curran’s response to these questions provides both a clear introduction to media research and an innovative analysis of media power, and is written by one of the field’s leading scholars.
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