Böcker i Communication and Society-serien

Looks at how the media can inform the general public about the world at a time when public service broadcasting is under attack, and the popular press plays to the market with an output of sensationalism.

The role of the mass media in the world of politcs has become increasingly influential and controversial. This book traces the origins and development of this phenomena, basing discussion on critiques of BBC election coverage since 1966.

Addressing a multitude of questions and issues surrounding how we use the media, this book represents the results of an international research programme into the use and effects of television, video and music.

The theme of McLuhan's book is the distinction between two quite different traditions of reasoning which have grown up in Western and Eastern countries, and how global communications have brought these two traditions into contact.

Examines the debate about popular fiction in the last two decades and its position within popular culture, with reference to crime fiction, soap opera, romance and TV sitcoms.

A close examination of American journalism with particular emphasis placed upon television news. Hallin looks at an institution that is torn between the needs of the market, political ideology and popular fashion, and journalistic professionalism.

The first comprehensive study of the international popular music industry. The book examines how the industry is responding to the need to produce global starand discusses the effect of new media technologies.

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.

In an examination of talk shows such as "Kilroy" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show", the authors analyze the "experts," contribution, the conventions of the genre, and the dangers and opportunities of televised public debates.

A fresh and innovative combination of previously published work and influential new thinking. It is an indispensable aid to the study of journalism and media history.

Ill Effects argues that the question of media influence needs to be debated by those with a clearer understanding of how audiences and media interact with one another.

Explores British media history as a series of competing narratives. This collection identifies and contrasts the various interrelationships between media histories, and also encourages dialogue between different historical, political, and theoretical perspectives, including: liberalism; feminism; populism; nationalism; and, libertarianism.

Media Perspectives for the 21st Century brings together key international scholars to explore concepts, topics and issues concerning the communication environment in contemporary democratic societies. It combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to provide an interdisciplinary and truly global perspective that reflects the trends, theories and issues in current media and communication research. The collection raises significant questions about the study of the media by challenging approaches to major media and societal issues, and analyses in more depth the range of concerns that shape both the present and the future media landscape and the issues these can create for communication. It also investigates the main effects of technological developments on the domain of the news media and journalism. Divided into two main sections, Part I provides accounts of the role of the media in society, and deals with agendas that affect the field of communications studies. Part II goes on to examine the world of new media and offers analyses on the developments of the 21st century. Chapters deal with various dimensions of media from a number of different perspectives and socio-political contexts, covering a wide range of topics including Social Networking, Political Communication, Public Journalism, Global Infotainment and Consumer Culture. Media Perspectives for the 21st Century will be highly useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers and academics, in the fields of media and communication studies, mass communication, journalism and new media.

Media Perspectives for the 21st Century brings together key international scholars to explore concepts, topics and issues concerning the communication environment in contemporary democratic societies.

Media, Ritual and Identity examines the role of the media in society; its complex influence on democratic processes and its participation in the construction and affirmation of different social identities.

Media, Ritual and Identity examines the role of the media in society; its complex influence on democratic processes and its participation in the construction and affirmation of differnt social identities.

International Radio Journalism is both a theoretical textbook and a practical guide for students of radio journalism, reporters, editors and producers. The book explores the way radio has covered the most important stories this century.

Seeking to understand youth culture through its visual and musical expression, this book presents a pioneering study of rock bands and their fans.

A comprehensive survey of the entire spectrum of television broadcasting, conveying an understanding of the particular atmosphere of seven different programming areas including news, sport, documentaries and game shows.

Brings together leading media critics from around the world to address central questions in the study of media. Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand the relationship between mass communication and society.

Examining major corporations such as Disney, AOL, Time Warner and News Corporation, and networks, including Al Jazeera, Indian Films and Brazilian TV in China, this title provides an analysis of the dynamics of the international flow of images and ideas. It examines the alternative media flows against the US-led global flows with case studies.

Examining major corporations such as Disney, AOL, Time Warner and News Corporation, and networks, including Al Jazeera, Indian Films and Brazilian TV in China, this title provides an analysis of the dynamics of the international flow of images and ideas. It examines the alternative media flows against the US-led global flows with case studies.

"Media Moguls" details the emergence of a few very powerful individuals in control of large sections of world communications industries during an era of media de-regulation. The book considers the transatlantic trade of Hollywood television, the international news agencies and the influence of media lobbying over EC policy-makers.

How have the tumultuous changes in the Soviet Union affected the Soviet press and television reporting? This detailed study looks at the changing role of journalism and the media in the Gorbachev era.

This is an edited volume of chapters on the telecommunications of Africa. Each contributor addresses the complicated economic and policy issues of their country's telecommunications. Special attention is paid to telecommunications as a link in the chain of the regional development process.

A collection of essays on the moral rights of the subjects of documentary film and television. It examines the conflicts between the subject's right to privacy, the public's right to know, and the film-maker's right as an artist.

The first collection of cultural studies essays from Australia, selected and introduced for an international readership.