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Media and society

Edited by James Curran

Media and society
Edited by

James Curran

Publication Date: 2010

Edition: Fifth

Pages: 416

Media and Society is an established title, popular worldwide for its insightful and accessible essays from leading international academics on the most pertinent issues in the media field today. The book is organised into three key areas of debate: media and society, media production and mediations. Each new edition of the book has sought to be a textbook that encompasses the field, including essays on political communication, media and feminism, media political economy, sociology of media organisations, media representations, media influence, internet studies and more.

New to this edition is an emphasis on film studies, an increasingly important area of media studies. 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.

Table of Contents

  • List of contributors
  • Introduction to the fifth edition
  • Acknowledgements
  • Part 1: Media and society
  • Communication power
  • Film and society
  • Entertaining democracy
  • Media and feminism
  • Media and politics
  • Western media systems in comparative perspective
  • Interactive, engaging but unequal
  • Part 2: Media production
  • Media industry studies, media production studies
  • Four approaches to the sociology of news revisited
  • The contribution of critical political economy
  • Beyond the global/local
  • Contemporary Hollywood radicalism
  • Chinese media, contentious society
  • Part 3: Mediations
  • The state of media-effects research
  • Media regimes and democracy
  • Arab film and Islamic fundamentalism
  • The politics of reality TV
  • Race and identity in digital media
  • The rise of internet news media and the emergence of discursive publics in South Korea
  • The future of the news industry