{"product_id":"understanding-media-james-curran","title":"Understanding Media (James Curran)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative and accessible guide to the world's most influential force - the contemporary media  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOur 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. \u003cb\u003eBut 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?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on decades of research to examine these and other questions, \u003ci\u003eUnderstanding Media\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ci\u003e \u003cb\u003eUnderstanding Media\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e is an accessible and essential guide to the world's most influential force\u003c\/b\u003e - the contemporary media.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Curran\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the co-author of award-winning \u003ci\u003ePower Without Responsibility\u003c\/i\u003e, now going into its ninth edition. His other books include \u003ci\u003eMedia and Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e (translated into Arabic, Hungarian and Korean) and \u003ci\u003eMedia and Power\u003c\/i\u003e (translated into Spanish, Greek, Korean, Japanese and Chinese). He gained the C. Edwin Baker Award for his work on media, markets and democracy from the International Communication Association. He secured a £1.25 million grant from the Leverhulme Trust to research the internet. He has been a Visiting Professor at California, Pennsylvania, Stanford, Oslo and Stockholm Universities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eJoanna Redden\u003c\/b\u003e is an Associate Professor at Western University. She is author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mediation of Poverty, \u003c\/i\u003eco-author of \u003ci\u003eData Justice \u003c\/i\u003eand co-editor of \u003ci\u003eCompromised Data: From Social Media to Big Data\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 464 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65831207731549,"sku":"K097809008","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9780900800001A.jpg?v=1788705648","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/understanding-media-james-curran","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}