James Curran, Jean Seaton

Power Without Responsibility (eBook, PDF)

Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 558
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. September 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040105702
• Artikelnr.: 72282651

Autorenporträt

James Curran is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Jean Seaton is Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster, Director of the Orwell Foundation and Co-Director of the Chevening South Asia Journalism Fellowship programme.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I
Press history
JAMES CURRAN
1. Press history as political mythology
2. The struggle for a free press
3. Janus face of reform
4. Industrialisation of the press
5. Era of the press barons
6. Press under public regulation
7. Post-war press: fable of progress
8. Press and the remaking of Britain
9. Moral decline of the press
PART II
Broadcasting history
JEAN SEATON
10. Reith and the denial of politics
11. Broadcasting and the Blitz
12. Public service commerce: ITV, new audiences and new revenue
13. Foreign affairs: the BBC, the world and the government
14. Class, taste and profit
15. Managers, regulators and broadcasters
16. Public service under attack
17. Broadcasting roller-coaster
PART III
Rise of new media
18. New media in Britain
JAMES CURRAN
19. History of the internet
JAMES CURRAN
20. Sociology of the internet
JAMES CURRAN
21. Social media: making new societies or polarisation merchants?
JEAN SEATON
PART IV
Theories of the media
JEAN SEATON
22. Metabolising Britishness
23. Public service understanding: moonshot time for the BBC and public
service broadcasting
24. Broadcasting and the theory of public service
PART V
Politics of the media
25. Industrial folklore and press reform
JAMES CURRAN
26. Contradictions in media policy
JAMES CURRAN AND JEAN SEATON
27. Media reform: democratic choices
JAMES CURRAN

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Part I

Press history

James Curran

1. Press history as political mythology



2. The struggle for a free press



3. Janus face of reform



4. Industrialization of the press



5. Era of the press barons



6. Press under public regulation



7. Post-war press: fable of progress



8. Press and the remaking of Britain



9. Rise of the neo-liberal Establishment



10. Moral decline of the press


Part II

Broadcasting history

Jean Seaton


11. Reith and the denial of politics



12. Broadcasting and the Blitz



13. Public service commerce: ITV, new audiences and new revenue



14. Foreign affairs: the BBC, the world and the government



15. Class, taste and profit



16. Managers, regulators and broadcasters



17. Public service under attack



18. Broadcasting roller-coaster


Part III

Rise of new media


19. New media in Britain - James Curran



20. History of the internet - James Curran



21. Sociology of the internet - James Curran



22. Social media: making new societies or polarization - Jean Seaton


Part IV

Theories of the media

Jean Seaton


23. Metabolising Britishness



24. Global understanding



25. Broadcasting and the theory of public service


Part V

Politics of the media


26. Industrial folklore and press reform - James Curran



27. Contradictions in media policy - James Curran and Jean Seaton



28. Media reform: democratic choices - James Curran

Bibliography

Index

Rezensionen

'This is the book that changed everything in media studies.'

Sally Young, University of Melbourne

'This is a brilliant seminal history of broadcasting, press and the new media, vividly and insightfully told, with sharp vignettes of political interference and policy challenges. It is a powerful reminder of why public service broadcasting and truthful communication is vital to our democracy.'

Baroness Helena Kennedy, President of Mansfield College, Oxford

'This skillfully revised and updated edition of Curran and Seaton's magnificent history is just as fresh and relevant now as it has been over the decades.'

David Hesmondhalgh, Leeds University

'The pleasure of a classic that just keeps redelivering. Power Without Responsibility proves itself yet again as the go-to source for analysis of the British media at their best and worst.'

Barbie Zelizer, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania

'If I was able to suggest one book about the history of journalism - whether to a student, a journalist or someone who simply wanted to know more about the role of the news media in our democracy - it would be Power Without Responsibility. Much of our understanding of the past is altered by the present, so we are all indebted to James Curran and Jean Seaton for this excellent new edition. There has been no shortage of controversies and debates about the news media in recent years: this book guides us through them with a sharp eye, a clear head, and the wisdom that comes from a formidable sense of history. Packed with eloquently delivered information, it is analytical but jargon-free, critical without ever being doctrinaire.'

Justin Lewis, Cardiff University