Media, power and politics

Media and Power addresses three key questions about the relationship between media and society.

How much power do the media have? Who really controls the media? What is the relationship between media and power in society?

In this major new book, James Curran reviews the different answers which have been given, before advancing original interpretations in a series of ground-breaking essays.

Media and Power also provides a guided tour of the major debates in media studies.

What part did the media play in the making of modern society?

How did 'new media' change society in the past? Will radical media research recover from its mid-life crisis?

What are the limitations of the US-based model of 'communications' research?

Is globalization disempowering national electorates or bringing into being a new, progressive global politics?

Is public service television the dying product of the nation in an age of globalization?

What can be learned from the 'third way' tradition of European media policy?

Curran's response to these questions provides both a clear introduction to media research and an innovative analysis of media power, written by one of the field's leading scholars.