Media Communication

James Watson was formerly Senior Lecturer in Media and Course Director of the BA in Media and Communication at the University of Greenwich and West Kent College, UK. As well has having over 30 years of teaching and journalism experience, he was also a highly-regarded author of children's novels and plays. He co-authored the Dictionary of Media and Communication Studies (2015), now in its ninth edition.

Introduction: Studying Media
1. The Media World: A View of the Terrain
2. Media in Context
3. Language in Pursuit of Meaning
4. Media Purpose, Media Performance
5. The Audience for Media: Substance and Shadow
6. Narrative: the Media as Storytellers
7. The News: Gates, Agendas and Values
8. The Practice of Media: Pressures and Constraints
9. The Global Arena: Issues of Dominance and Control
10. Research as Exploration and Development
11. Ever-Trending: Power Play, Illusion, Surveillance
Concluding Remarks