Books in the Communication and Society series

Examines how the attacks of 9/11 continue to transform the nature of journalism, particularly in the United States and Britain. This book brings together a group of scholars and media commentators to explore journalism's present and future, by engaging with issues such as trauma, free speech, censorship, patriotism, impartiality, and celebrity.

With a focus on activism directed towards challenging and changing media content, practices and structures, this book explores the question: What is the political significance and potential of democratic media activism in the western world?

An investigation of the impact and interpretation of television news coverage, based on an experiment conducted by the author. He describes how members of different social groups interpreted the events of a strike according to their own individual backgrounds and social experiences.

Part of the COMMUNICATION AND SOCIETY series, Langer provides an eclectic look at the area of television news which distracts attention with trivialities from the 'hard news'. By offering an analysis of news stories, the author offers some speculation about where television news may be heading.

Suitable for students and scholars of political communication and mass media in democracies, this book challenges the traditional scholarship on various issues such as: comparative political and media systems; theories of democracy, representation and the public sphere; and, political party communication, marketing and elections.

Traces the economic and political influences which shaped the emergence of a pluralistic broadcasting system in the German Federal Republic, and examines the conflicts between public and private broadcasting, both in Germany and in the European Community as a whole.

A survey of the role and the future prospects of the local press in the 1990s. The authors also take into account the radical changes the local press have experienced with the advent of new technology and the proliferation of the free newspaper.

Presents a comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of press and broadcast journalism in Britain and Northern Ireland. Surveying the industry in a period of radical economic and technological change, this title examines the main trends in journalistic media and assesses the challenges of the industry.

Television entertainment rules supreme, one of the world's most important disseminators of information, ideas, and amusement. But is television entertainment art? Why do so many love it and so many hate or fear it? Does it offer a window to the world, or images of a fake world? This book addresses these questions offering examples.

Investigates how those in positions of power use and are influenced by media in their everyday activities. This book presents discussions which are illustrated with original research material from a range of communication environments and case study examples.

A classic study of the workings of the Hollywood television industry. The reader is taken behind the scenes to see how shows get their air time and how they are shaped by the political and cultural climate of the time.

The work of the Glasgow Media Group has long been established as being at the forefront of media studies. This collection is an ideal introduction to their recent work.

Television sports coverage is examined in the first study of its kind. This book considers the historical development of sport on television and the way that sponsorship and television have re-shaped sport.

This volume explores the relationship between politics, the media and democracy in the United Kingdom, the United States and other contemporary societies.

Offers a critical introduction to media systems in North America and Western Europe. This book provides a survey and a contribution to comparative media analysis addressing the economic, social, political, regulatory and cultural aspects of Western media systems.

Critical Communication Studies provides a substantive foundation for the understanding of the history and development of communication studies as a critical discipline.

Looks at how the media can inform the general public about the world at a time when public service broadcasting is under attack, and the popular press plays to the market with an output of sensationalism.

The role of the mass media in the world of politcs has become increasingly influential and controversial. This book traces the origins and development of this phenomena, basing discussion on critiques of BBC election coverage since 1966.