The Value of Voice - A Conversation with Nick Couldry
eBook - ePub

The Value of Voice - A Conversation with Nick Couldry

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eBook - ePub

The Value of Voice - A Conversation with Nick Couldry

About this book

This book is based on an in-depth conversation between Howard Burton and Nick Couldry, Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. This wide-ranging conversation explores how the media can be used as a filter to examine power structures, political movements, economic interests, democracy and our evolving notion of culture. Prof. Couldry conveys the importance of voice and the challenge posed by media institutions that order the social, political, cultural, economic, and ethical dimensions of our lives.This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Looking into the Mirror, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter: I. Round the Houses - From Classics to Media Studies II. Deconstruction - Probing the MediaIII. Investigating Power - Political and economic issuesIV. The Future of Media - Ruminations and speculationsV. Ever Onwards - Listening to alarms, big data and making a differenceAbout Ideas Roadshow Conversations: This book is part of a series of 100 Ideas Roadshow Conversations. Presented in an accessible, conversational format, Ideas Roadshow books not only explore frontline academic research featuring world-leading researchers but also reveal the inspirations and personal journeys behind the research.

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Table of contents

  1. A Note on the Text
  2. Introduction
  3. The Conversation
  4. Continuing the Conversation