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Media and Society (Illustrated)
[Paperback - 2019]
james curran
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic Uk | ISBN: 9781501340734 | Pages: 384
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Media and Society is an established textbook, popular worldwide for its insightful and accessible essays from leading international academics on the most pertinent issues in the media field today. With this updated edition, David Hesmondhalgh joins James Curran and a team of leading international scholars to speak to current issues relating to media and gender, media and democracy, sociology of news, the global internet, the political impact of the media, popular culture, the effects of digitisation on media industries, media and emotion, and other vital topics. The media are in a state of ferment, and are undergoing far-reaching change. The sixth edition tries to make sense of the media's transformation, and its wider implications. Purely descriptive accounts date fast, so the emphasis has been on identifying the central issues and problems arising from media change, and on evaluating its wider consequences. What is judged to be the staple elements of the field has evolved over time, as well as becoming more international in orientation. Yet the overriding aim of the book - to be useful to students - has remained constant. This text is an essential resource for all media, communication and film studies students who want to broaden their knowledge and understanding of how the media operates and affects society across the globe.

About the Author

James Curran is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the co-author of the award-winning Power Without Responsibility and his other books include Media and Democracy and Media and Power.

Joanna Redden is an Associate Professor at Western University. She is co-author of Data Justice and her other books include The Mediation of Poverty and the co-edited Compromised Data: From Social Media to Big Data.