This volume brings together an international team of scholars who offer a survey of the field of mass media and society. This new edition reflects the changing nature of the field by including articles on the media and class, globalization, cultural identity, media influence, sport, tabloid feminism, race, media power, citizenship, feminism and the media, and comparative media perspectives. Each article is written to offer an overview of the topic and to enable students to make contact with thinking about today's central issues in media and communication studies.
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An original contribution to media studies. Beautifully organized, well written and incisive. -- Professor James Carey, Columbia University, USA
The best collection of current thinking in the field. -- Professor Elihu Katz, Israel Institute of Applied Social Research
The best collection of current thinking in the field. -- Professor Elihu Katz, Israel Institute of Applied Social Research
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A valuable text for all media and cultural studies students. The book contains essays from distinguished academics around the world and looks at new areas of media studies; increasing globalisation, the power of the internet and politics and communication. Renowned academics such as Christine Geraghty, John Corner and Graham Murdock have contributed to the book making it a must have text.
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