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.
Introduction
Part 1 Media and Society: General Perspectives
1. The Global Internet, Jack Linchuan Qiu (Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
2. Popular Culture, Marwan Kraidy (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
3. Media, Gender and Feminism, Susan Douglas (University of Michigan, USA)
4. Media and Neo-liberalism, Mike Berry (Cardiff University, UK)
5. Communication Power: Mass Communication, Mass Self- Communication, and Power Relationships in the Network Society, Manuel Castells (University of Southern California, USA)
Part 2 Media Systems, Production and Platforms
6. Did Digitalisation Democratise the Media Industries?, David Hesmondhalgh (University of Leeds, UK)
7. The Mediations of Data, Alison Powell (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK)
8. Approaches to the Sociology of News, Michael Schudson (Columbia University, USA)
9. Western Media Systems in Comparative Perspective, Daniel Hallin (University of California, San Diego, USA) and Paolo Mancini (University of Perugia, Italy)
10. Global Screen Industries, Michael Curtin (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)
11. Digital Platforms, Globalization, and Culture, Aswin Punathambekar (University of Michigan Ann-Arbor, USA) and Sriram Mohan (University of Michigan Ann-Arbor, USA)
Part 3 Problems and Challenges
12. Journalism, Online and Offline, C. W. Anderson (University of Leeds, UK)
13. The Media, 'Race' and the Infrastructures of Empire, Paula Chakravartty (New York University, USA)
14. The Politics of Reality TV, Susan Murray (New York University, USA)
15. Democratic Functions of Entertainment, James Curran (University of London, UK)
16. The Political Impact of Media, Stephan Cushion (Cardiff University, UK)
17. Media, Emotion and Affect, Kaarina Nikunen (Tampere University, Finland )
List of Contributors
Index