Media and Society

James Curran is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK He is the author or editor of 21 books about the media, including Media and Power (2002), Media and Democracy (2011) and Misunderstanding the Internet (with Natalie Fenton and Des Freedman) (2016, 2nd ed.), all translated into multiple foreign languages, and Power Without Responsibility (with Jean Seaton) (2018, 8th ed.). Also widely translated, this book was described by the Times Higher as having ‘cracked the canon’, and by the Irish Times as a ‘classic of media history and analysis’. David Hesmondhalgh is Professor of Media, Music and Culture in the School of Media and Communication at the University of Leeds, UK. He is the author of Why Music Matters (2013); Creative Labour: Media Work in Three Cultural Industries (2011, co-written with Sarah Baker); Culture, Economy and Politics: The Case of New Labour (2015, co-written with Kate Oakley, David Lee and Melissa Nisbett); and The Cultural Industries, now in its fourth edition (2019). He is also editor or co-editor of six other books on media, music and culture.

Now in its sixth edition, Media and Society is a book that keeps on giving. Thoroughly updated and expanded, Curran and Hesmondhalgh’s new volume is a timely reminder that the role of the media in society is a topic of vital importance. Wide-ranging and clearly written, Media and Society remains an essential text for media and communications students and scholars alike.

• IntroductionPart 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 Platforms6. 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 Challenges12. 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 ContributorsIndex