Power Without Responsibility - James Curran, Jean Seaton

Power Without Responsibility

Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain
Buch | Hardcover
438 Seiten
2009 | 7th New edition
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-415-46698-1 (ISBN)
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Presents an introduction to the history, sociology, theory and politics of the media in Britain.
Power Without Responsibility is a classic introduction to the history, sociology, theory and politics of the media in Britain.


Hailed by the Times Higher as the 'seminal media text', and translated into Arabic, Chinese and other foreign languages, it is an essential guide for media students and critical media consumers alike.


The new edition has been substantially revised to bring it right up-to-date with developments in the media industry, new media technologies and changes in the political and academic debates surrounding the media. In this new edition, the authors consider:




the impact of the internet
the failure of interactive TV
media and Britishness
new media and global understanding
journalism in crisis
BBC and broadcasting at the beginning of the twenty-first century.


Assessing the media at a time of profound change, the authors set out the democratic choices for media reform.

James Curran is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. Jean Seaton is Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster.

Part 1: Press History 1. Whig Press History as Political Mythology 2. The Struggle for a Free Press 3. The Ugly Face of Reform 4. The Industrialization of the Press 5. The Era of the Press Barons 6. The Press Under Public Regulation 7. Fable of Market Democracy Part 2: Broadcasting History 8. Reith and the Denial of Politics 9. Broadcasting and the Blitz 10. Social Revolution? 11. The BBC Under Threat 12. Class, Taste, and Profit 13. How the Audience is Made 14. The First New Media 15. Broadcasting Roller-Coaster Part 3: Rise of New Media 16. New Media in Britain 17. History of the Internet 18. Sociology of the Internet Part 4: Theories of the Media 19. Metabolising Britishness 20. Global Understanding 21. The Liberal Theory of Press Freedom 22. Broadcasting and the Theory of Public Service Part 5: Politics of the Media 23. Contradictions in Media Policy 24. Media Reform: Democratic Choices

Erscheint lt. Verlag 24.8.2009
Zusatzinfo 11 Tables, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 816 g
Themenwelt Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Kommunikationswissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10 0-415-46698-9 / 0415466989
ISBN-13 978-0-415-46698-1 / 9780415466981
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