Mass Media And Society Upplaga 4

Over the past fifteen years Mass Media and Society has established itself as a leading international textbook on the media. Written by distinguished academics from around the world, the book provides an invaluable guided tour through three key areas of debate: theories of media and society the study of media organisations debates about culture, ideology and democracy. The fourth edition has been fully updated and contains 13 new chapters on key topics, ranging from post-feminism to war journalism as entertainment. Above all, it offers a number of alternative views on the changing role of the media in the era of globalisation, new communication technology, the war on terror, the advance of women and increasing economic inequality. Mass Media and Society continues to be an essential resource for academics and students of the media.