Media in Britain

ANNA READING teaches on the Media and Society degree at South Bank University, London, UK. JANE STOKES is a Senior Lecturer at the University of East London, UK.

• PART 1: THE STRUCTURE OF CONTEMPORARY BRITISH MEDIA INDUSTRIES Introduction; J.Stokes Publishing: Britain's First Mass Medium; J.Stokes Advertising; P.Meech The Press; C.Sparks Broadcasting: Television and Radio; A.Crisell Cinema; J.Hill The Music Industry; P.McDonald New Media; J.Cornford and K.Robins PART 2: CURRENT MEDIA POLICY Introduction; A.Reading The Role of the State in Shaping the Media; P.Goodwin The Regulation of Media Content; J.Petley European Union Media and Communication Policies; R.Collins Campaigns to Change the Media; A.Reading PART 3: MEDIA MATERIAL: CONTENT AND REPRESENTATION Introduction; J.Stokes Ethnic Minorities and the British News Media: Explaining (Mis)Representation; S.Cottle Documentary and Citizenship: The Case of Stephen Lawrence; J.Owen Use it or Lose it: Sex, Sexuality and Sexual Health in Magazines for Girls; J.Stokes Transnational Trainspotting; M.Smith Offending, Looking, Killing and Film-Making: Decoding Peeping Tom; B.Slater A Postmodernist Calls; Class, Conscience and the British Theatre; A.Sierz Representing the New Scotland: Drama, Devolution and Dominant Representations; J.Sillars Consuming the Garden: Locating a Feminine Narrative within Popular Cultural Texts and Gendered Genres; J.Gabb Selling Sexuality in the Lesbian and Gay Press; A.Reading Hanif Kureishi and the Politics of Cultural Hybridity; B.Moore-Gilbert Blind Date and the Phenomenology of Fun; P.Scannell Di/'Crash'; J.Russell Ethnic Identity and Cultural Heritage: Belsen in the Museum; R.Crownshaw Spinnin': Dance Culture on the World Wide Web; H.C.Rietveld.

'...a sturdy guide to the British media industries.' - Des Freedman, The Times Literary Supplement