Power Without Responsibility
eBook - ePub

Power Without Responsibility

Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain

  1. 558 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Power Without Responsibility

Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain

About this book

This book attacks the conventional history of the press as a story of progress; offers a critical defence and history of public service broadcasting; provides a myth-busting account of the internet; gives a subtle account of the impact of social media; and explores key debates about the role and politics of the media.

Power Without Responsibility has become a standard textbook on media and other courses, but it has also gone beyond an academic audience to reach a wider public. Hailed as a book that has 'cracked the canon' by the Times Higher Educational Supplement, it has been translated into five languages. In 2019, it was awarded the International Communication Association's Fellows Book Award. This ninth edition is based on a major overhaul of its content to take account of new developments (such as generative AI) and new scholarship in the field. It also contains a new chapter on the transformed opportunity for a reformed and buccaneering public service broadcasting in the face of automated misinformation and social division, locally, nationally and internationally.

This trailblazing text is essential reading for all students and scholars interested in British media and contemporary media and society.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-Title Page
  3. Praise for Previous Editions
  4. Praise for this Book
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Dedication
  8. Table of Contents
  9. Preface to the ninth edition
  10. About the authors
  11. Part I Press history
  12. Part II Broadcasting history
  13. Part III Rise of new media
  14. Part IV Theories of the media
  15. Part V Politics of the media
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index