Media, Culture & Society, Vol. 1
Media, Culture & Society has pioneered a unique approach to media analysis. Since 1979, it has published some of the finest theoretical and historical work in communication and cultural studies from Britain and Europe. The articles in this reader are grouped in three parts, representing a selection of the best work. Each part is preceded by an introductory essay which helps students understand the issues presented, and places the theoretical contributions in context.
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Media, Culture & Society has pioneered a unique approach to media analysis. Since 1979, it has published some of the finest theoretical and historical work in communication and cultural studies from Britain and Europe. The articles in this reader are grouped in three parts, representing a selection of the best work. Each part is preceded by an introductory essay which helps students understand the issues presented, and places the theoretical contributions in context.
IntroductionPART ONE: APPROACHES TO CULTURAL THEORYContribution to a Political Economy of Mass Communication - Nicholas GarnhamCultural Studies - Stuart Hall Two ParadigmsCodes and Cultural Analysis - John CornerWomen and the Cultural Industries - Michele MattelartPART TWO: INTELLECTUALS AND CULTURAL PRODUCTIONIn Search of the Intellectuals - Philip Schlesinger Some Comments on Recent TheoryIntellectuals, the 'Information Society' and the Disappearance of the Public Sphere - Philip ElliotPierre Bourdieu and the Sociology of Culture - Nicholas Garnham and Raymond Williams An IntroductionThe Production of Belief - Pierre Bourdieu Contribution to an Economy of Symbolic GoodsThe Aristocracy of Culture - Pierre BourdieuCultural Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century Boston - Paul Dimaggio The Creation of an Organizational Base for High Culture in AmericaPART THREE: BRITISH BROADCASTING AND THE PUBLIC SPHEREBroadcasting and the Politics of Unemployment 1930-1935 - Paddy ScannellThe Serious and the Popular - David Cardiff Aspects of the Evolution of Style in the Radio Talk 1928-1939A Symbolic Mirror of Ourselves - David Chaney Civic Ritual in Mass Society'Terrorism' and the State - Philip Elliot, Graham Murdock and Philip Schlesinger A Case Study of the Discourses of TelevisionBroadband Black Death Cuts Queues. The Information Society and the UK - Richard CollinsThe Impact of Advertising on the British Mass Media - James Curran
