Books in the Oxford Readers in Media and Communication Series series

News: A Reader sets out to provide students with an introduction to some of the key theoretical debates within the field of the sociology of news and journalism. It includes many of the accepted classics together with more recent pieces that address contemporary debates, carefully edited to bring out the essence of each work without losing its integrity.

This book explains the fascinating history of the conceptual development of computer media and examines the way that computers have been used for communication from the first elementary `logic machines' to the use of the Internet today. It presents both a historical development of thought about computers as media, as well as prophetic contemporary analyses.

This title attempts to consider a broad range of media occupations and their historical development. The collection of essays confronts numerous occupational controversies and dilemmas: can a valid distinction be made between media "crafts" and media "professions"?