Media and Society

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Media and Society is an established textbook, popular worldwide for its insightful and accessible essays from leading international academics on the most pertinent issues in the media field today. With this updated edition, David Hesmondhalgh joins James Curran and a team of leading international scholars to speak to current issues relating to media and gender, media and democracy, sociology of news, the global internet, the political impact of the media, popular culture, the effects of digitisation on media industries, media and emotion, and other vital topics. The media are in a state of ferment, and are undergoing far-reaching change. The sixth edition tries to make sense of the media’s transformation, and its wider implications. Purely descriptive accounts date fast, so the emphasis has been on identifying the central issues and problems arising from media change, and on evaluating its wider consequences. What is judged to be the staple elements of the field has evolved over time, as well as becoming more international in orientation. Yet the overriding aim of the book – to be useful to students – has remained constant. This text is an essential resource for all media, communication and film studies students who want to broaden their knowledge and understanding of how the media operates and affects society across the globe. Cover page Halftitle page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Part I MEDIA AND SOCIETY: GENERAL PERSPECTIVES Chapter 1 THE GLOBAL INTERNET1 Introduction The great diffusion Historical origins Contemporary realities Many struggles Concluding remarks References Chapter 2 POPULAR CULTURE What is the Popular? Popular culture and folk culture Popular culture and national politics Popular culture and geopolitics Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 3 MEDIA, GENDER AND FEMINISM Bibliography Chapter 4 NEOLIBERALISM AND THE MEDIA A (very) brief history of neoliberalism The media’s role in the promotion of neoliberal policies and values The media and neoliberalism’s opponents What neoliberalism has done to the media New media and neoliberalism Conclusion References Chapter 5 COMMUNICATION POWER: MASS COMMUNICATION, MASS SELF-COMMUNICATION AND POWER RELATIONSHIPS IN THE NETWORK SOCIETY Introduction Mass communication and media politics The rise of mass self-communication Mass self-communication and counter-power: social movements and insurgent politics in the network society Conclusion: the public space of the network society References Part II MEDIA SYSTEMS, PRODUCTION AND PLATFORMS Chapter 6 HAVE DIGITAL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES DEMOCRATIZED THE MEDIA INDUSTRIES? Introduction: some key terms New media technologies as democratizing forces Media industries in the twentieth century: four major characteristics The development of digital networks in the context of marketization: four consequences Conclusions: reasons for concern, reasons for hope References Chapter 7 THE MEDIATIONS OF DATA Understanding data as traces Datafication Datafication as mediation Mediatization? Data and the ‘double articulation’ of mediation Consequences of data-based mediation Conclusion References Chapter 8 A PPROACHES TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF NEWS The economic organization of news The political context of news-making The social organization of newswork Cultural approaches Conclusions Epilogue Bibliography Chapter 9 WESTERN MEDIA SYSTEMS IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE Why comparative analysis? Media system models Dimensions of comparison The polarized pluralist model The democratic corporatist model The liberal model Conclusion References Chapter 10 GLOBAL SCREEN INDUSTRIES International antecedents Globalization Twenty-first-century media industries Globalization of production A global assembly line Conclusion and implications Bibliography Chapter 11 DIGITAL PLATFORMS, GLOBALIZATION AND CULTURE Introduction Platforms in the global mediascape Situating digital platforms: media and cultural infrastructures Platform localization: a case study of YouTube India Conclusion: towards a global understanding of digital platforms References Part III PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES Chapter 12 JOURNALISM, ONLINE AND OFFLINE Histories of digital news Scholarly resonances Final normative considerations References Chapter 13 MEDIA, RACE AND THE INFRASTRUCTURES OF EMPIRE1 The empire of liberty and the Cold War: the gift of media freedom Infrastructures of empire, racial violence and the forever wars An empire in decline: towards de-colonial futures? Bibliography Chapter 14 THE POLITICS OF REALITY TV Representational politics Political economy Surveillance and voyeurism Governmentality and neoliberalism Conclusion Bibliography Chapter 15 DEMOCRATIC FUNCTIONS OF ENTERTAINMENT Values Perceptions Identity Norms Functioning of democracy Bibliography Chapter 16 THE POLITICAL IMPACT OF MEDIA From mediation to mediatization: understanding the influence of media in politics Why media systems matter: understanding the relationship between political information environments and public knowledge Rethinking journalism in the age of post-truth politics References Chapter 17 MEDIA, EMOTIONS AND AFFECT Defining emotion and affect: cognitive and culturalist approaches Emotions in media images: affective suffering Media work and emotional labour Love and hate on social media Data-driven sentiment Affective capitalism References CONTRIBUTORS INDEX