Blackwell UK
Power without Responsibility
Press and Broadcasting in Britain
ISBN: 9780415114073
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition: 5th Revised edition
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This book is a classic and authoritative introduction to the history, sociology, theory and politics of students and teachers of media and communication studies. More
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Power Without Responsibility is a classic and authoritative introduction to the history, sociology, theory and politics of students and teachers of media and communication studies and is an essential guide for all those involved in the production and consumption of the media. The new edition has been substantially revised to bring it right up-to-date with new developments in the media industry, new media technologies and changes in the political and academic debated surrounding media policy. The authors ask if the rise of global media moguls, such as Rupert Murdoch, have undermined the historic ties between the press and the Conservative party, question whether we are actually on the threshold of a new communications revolution and consider the left-right divide in current media politics. New chapters discuss the rise of video, cable and satellite, the BBC and broadcasting in the 1990s, the global information society and contradictions in media policy. Assessing the press and broadcasting at a tme of radical change, the authors suggest a manifesto for media reform.
