Media and left / edited by Savas Coban.

ISBN:

9789004272934

9789004272927

Title:

Media and left / edited by Savas Coban.

Author:

Çoban, Savaş, editor.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages) : illustrations, tables

Series:

Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 72

Studies in critical social sciences ; Volume 72.

Contents:

Media and Left; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; List of Tables and Figures; List of Contributors; Introduction; 1 The Spectre of Marx; 2 Culture, Communication, & Ideology = Forms of Work; 3 Media Power and Class Power: Overplaying Ideology; 4 The Cultural Apparatus of Monopoly Capital: An Introduction; 5 The War Against Democracy in the UK; 6 Infamy and Indoctrination in American Media and Politics; 7 U.S. Media and the World; 8 The Evolving Business Models of Network News?; 9 Corporate Social (Ir)Responsibility in Media and Communication Industries.

10 Media Spectacle and the North African Arab Uprisings: Some Critical Reflections11 Turkey's 'War and Peace': The Kurdish Question and the Media; Epilogue; Index.

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Subject Term:

Liberalism in mass media.

Mass media -- Political aspects.

Journalism -- Political aspects.

Communication in politics.

Right and left (Political science)

Libéralisme dans les médias.

Presse -- Aspect politique.

Communication politique.

PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.

Communication in politics

Journalism -- Political aspects

Liberalism in mass media

Mass media -- Political aspects

Added Author:

Çoban, Savaş,

Format:

Electronic Resources

Electronic Access:

http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?url=http://ezproxy.angliss.edu.au/login?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=868329

Publication Date:

2015

Publication Information:

Leiden, Netherlands :

Brill,

2015.

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Summary

The recent economic crisis, and the challenges to democracy in an increasingly globalized world, brings into sharp relief the importance of mass communication. This volume explores a range of issues, from the nature of communication, to the role of the media industry, to the way that mass communication has facilitated social movements in many parts of the world. Revisiting the works of Karl Marx and others, the essays bring a new perspective and a renewed interest in critical analyses of communication practices globally. This collection represents the cutting edge of communication research introducing a new generation of scholars to understanding changes in the way we learn about our society.

Contributors are: Arthur Asa Berger, Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Savaş Çoban, John Bellamy Foster, Christian Fuchs, Douglas Kellner, Robert W. McChesney, David Miller, Marisol Sandoval, Nick Stevenson, Gerald Sussman, Mandy Tröger, and Michael Wayne.

Reviews (1)

Choice Review

This volume includes some significant case studies of the political economy of mass media, new media platforms, and their relationship to politics and culture along with some more generalized interpretations of modern technology from a "leftist" perspective. As Mandy Tröger explains in the epilogue, "'The Left' is a social construct. It ... signifies a potential space for identity which in itself is fragmented. Such labels, therefore, are illuminating our understanding of social reality only in that they simplify its complexity." Indeed, the chapters in this book do not all express the same vision of current media, technological, political, and cultural conditions. This reviewer appreciated most the chapters that were grounded in rigorous research and offered some of the most nuanced interpretations of current conditions, i.e., Oliver Boyd-Barrett's "The Evolving Business Models of Network News?" and Douglas Kellner's "Media Spectacle and the North African Arab Uprisings: Some Critical Reflections." The book would have benefited from better proofreading and a greater diversity of contributors--especially more women. Summing Up: Recommended. With reservations. All readers. --Kristin Sorensen, Bentley University