Fake News: Falsehood, fabrication and fantasy in journalism examines the causes and
consequences of the 'fake news' phenomenon now sweeping the world's media and political …

This is a critical study of the changing relationship between media and marketing
communications in the digital age. It examines the growth of content funded by brands …

Hesmondhalgh has done it again! The third edition of The Cultural Industries is a tour-de-
force. At once brilliant and accessible, it is without peer when it comes to detailing the big …

In the mediated digital era, communication is changing fast and eating up ever greater
shares of real-world power. Corporate battles and guerrilla wars are fought on Twitter …

Narratives are the wealth of nations: they animate life, sustain culture and cultivate humanity.
They regulate and empower us, bringing both joy and discontent. And they are always …

Despite there being more than a decade since the introductions of Netflix'and Spotify's
online services, few attempts have been made to thoroughly examine and conceptualize …

This paper argues for a fluid approach to the study of agency in relation to algorithms, one
that promotes crossing the boundaries of established analytical positions and breaking …

In the Spring of 2017 I stayed in London for three months to write this book. Those months
were in many ways exceptional. At the end of May, a terror attack in Manchester Arena, at a …

Democracy requires a free press. However, most people rarely reflect on the requisite
infrastructures and policies that maintain a healthy press system. Today, as we look to …

Digital, Political, Radical is a siren call to the field of media and communications and the
study of social and political movements. We must put the politics of transformation at the very …