Culture, Society and the Media

Michael Gurevitch, Tony Bennett, James Curran, Janet Woollacott

• Part 1 Class, Ideology and the Media; Introduction; Chapter 1 The study of the media: theoretical approaches, James Curran, Michael Gurevitch, Janet Woollacott; Chapter 2 Theories of the media, theories of society, Bennett Tony; Chapter 3 The rediscovery of ‘ideology’; return of the repressed in media studies, Stuart Hall; Chapter 4 Messages and meanings, Janet Woollacott; Part 2 Media Organizations; Part 2-Introduction; Chapter 5 Large corporations and the control of the communications industries, Graham Murdock; Chapter 6 Negotiation of control in media organizations and occupations, Margaret Gallagher; Chapter 7 Cultural dependency and the mass media, J.O. Boyd-Barrett; Part 3 The Power of the Media; Part 3-Introduction; Chapter 8 Communications, power and social order, James Curran; Chapter 9 The political effects of mass communication, Jay G. Blumler, Gurevitch Michael; Chapter 10 How the media report race, Peter Braham; Chapter 11 Media, ‘reality’, signification, Tony Bennett;