EAN: 9780241685402

UNDERSTANDING MEDIA - JAMES CURRAN JOANNA REDDE...

An authoritative and accessible guide to the world's most influential force - the contemporary
media Our lives are more mediated than ever before. Adults in economically advanced countries
spend  on average  over eight hours per day interacting with the media. The news and
entertainment industries are being transformed by the shift to digital platforms. But how much
is really changing in terms of what shapes media content? What are the impacts on our public
and imaginative life? And is the Internet a democratising tool of social protest  or of state
and commercial manipulation?Drawing on decades of research to examine these and other questions
Understanding Media interrogates claims about the Internet  explores how representations in TV
and film may influence perceptions of self  and traces overarching trends while attending to
crucial local context  from the United States to China  Norway to Malaysia  and Brazil to
Britain. Understanding Media is an accessible and essential guide to the world's most
influential force - the contemporary media.

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