Why should medical sociologists study the media? Accounts of the experience of illness are
common in medical sociology. The information these provide has been helpful over the …

Social work and risk have become increasingly linked, and contemporary social work has
been significantly influenced by the risk paradigm. However, the concept of 'risk'in social …

This special 35th anniversary edition contains the original, unchanged text that inspired a
generation, alongside two new chapters that explore the book's continued significance for …

At a time of radical shifts in power across the globe, the sixth edition of An Introduction to
Political Communication examines the role of the media in the political process. Brian …

This book critically examines the potential of, and suggests ways forward in, harnessing a
versatile and powerful method of research-focus groups. The book challenges some of the …

Taking Journalism Seriously: News and the Academy argues that scholars have remained
too entrenched within their own disciplinary areas resulting in isolated bodies of scholarship …

Media and Power addresses three key questions about the relationship between media and
society.* How much power do the media have?* Who really controls the media?* What is the …

The main aim of this book is as a contribution to the development of a framework for
analysing the relationship between news sources and news media in contemporary liberal …

Communicating Social Change: Structure, Culture, and Agency explores the use of
communication to transform global, national, and local structures of power that create and …

From advertising to health education campaigns, sex and sexual imagery now permeate
every aspect of culture. Striptease Culture explores the'sexualization'of contemporary life …