Product Description

Over the past 15 years, Mass Media and Society has established itself as a leading international textbook on the media. Written by distinguished academics from around the world, the book provides an invaluable guided tour through three key areas of debate:

· theories of media and society

· the study of media organisations

· debates about culture, ideology and democracy.



The fourth edition has been fully updated and contains 13 new chapters on key topics, ranging from post-feminism to war journalism as entertainment. Above all, it offers a number of alternative views on the changing role of the media in the era of globalisation, new communication technology, the war on terror , the advance of women and increasing economic inequality.



Mass Media and Society continues to be an essential resource for academics and students of the media.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #335901 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Review
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

The theme of globalization is of paramount importance, with various contributors describing its positive & negative impacts in terms of media access & influence. --Sociological Abstracts

Professor Elihu Katz, Israel Institute of Applied Social Research
The best collection of current thinking in the field.

About the Author
James Curran, Professor Of Communications, Goldsmith's College, University of London, UK.

Michael Gurevitch, formerly Professor, College of Journalism, University of Maryland, USA.

Customer Reviews

a definitive text for A2 and undergraduate students
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.