ISBN:
9780415317061
,
9781134372232
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (273 p)
Series Statement:
Communication and Society
Parallel Title:
Print version Media and Democracy
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Communication in politics
;
Mass media Political aspects
;
Democracy
;
Electronic books
;
Massenmedien
;
Demokratie
Abstract:
〈P〉〈EM〉Media and Democracy〈/EM〉 addresses key topics and themes in relation to democratic theory, media and technology, comparative media studies, media and history, and the evolution of media research.〈/P〉〈P〉Professor Curran's response to these questions provides both a clear introduction to media research, written for university undergraduates studying in different countries, and an innovative analysis written by one of the field's leading scholars.〈/P〉
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Media and Democracy; Copyright; Contents; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: Comparing media; 1. Shining city on a hill; 2. Questioning a new orthodoxy; 3. Media system, public knowledge and democracy: a comparative study; PART II: Media and democratic theory; 4. Entertaining democracy; 5. Liberal dreams and the Internet; PART III: Media and new technology; 6. Technology foretold; 7. The future of journalism; PART IV: Media and history; 8. Narratives of media history revisited; 9. Press as an agency of social control; 10. Advertising as a bounty system
Description / Table of Contents:
PART V: Media and culture11. Media as custodians of cultural tradition; 12. Media and cultural theory in the age of market liberalism; Notes; Index
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Comparing media. Shining city on hill -- Questioning a new orthodoxy -- Media system, public knowledge and democracy -- Media and democratic theory. Entertaining democracy -- Liberal dreams and the internet -- Media and new technology. Technology foretold -- Future of journalism -- Media and history. Narratives of media history revisited -- Press as an agency of social control -- advertising as a bounty system -- Media and culture. Media as custodians of cultural tradition -- Media and cultural theory in the age of market liberalism.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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