Media and democracy / James Curran.
| Author/creator | Curran, James |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Routledge, 2011. |
| Description | x, 255 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Communication and society Communication and society. ^A242000 |
| Contents | Introduction -- Comparing media. Shining city on hill -- Questioning a new orthodoxy -- Media system, public knowledge and democracy -- Media and democratic theory. Entertaining democracy -- Liberal dreams and the internet -- Media and new technology. Technology foretold -- Future of journalism -- Media and history. Narratives of media history revisited -- Press as an agency of social control -- advertising as a bounty system -- Media and culture. Media as custodians of cultural tradition -- Media and cultural theory in the age of market liberalism. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-246) and index. |
| LCCN | 2010040384 |
| ISBN | 9780415317061 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 0415317061 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780415317078 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 041531707X (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780203406878 (e-book) |
| ISBN | 0203406877 (e-book) |