Media and democracy / James Curran.

Author/creator Curran, James
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Routledge, 2011.
Descriptionx, 255 pages ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCommunication 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [205]-246) and index.
LCCN 2010040384
ISBN9780415317061 (hardback)
ISBN0415317061 (hardback)
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