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 …

Media and Democracy addresses key topics and themes in relation to democratic theory,
media and technology, comparative media studies, media and history, and the evolution of …

According to Thomas Carlyle (1840), Edmund Burke first applied the term “Fourth Estate” to
the press gallery in the late eighteenth century, contrasting it with the three Estates of the …

The story of radio begins alongside that of the Soviet state: Russia's first long-range
transmission of the human voice occurred in 1919, during the civil war. Sound broadcasting …

Popular newspapers have not, in general, featured prominently in histories of modern
Britain. In recent years, however, a number of scholars, many inspired by the 'cultural …

Highlighting the contributions of feminist media history to media studies and related
disciplines, this book focuses on feminist periodicals emerging from or reacting to the …

Media technologies have played a central role in shaping ideas about home life over the last
two centuries. Changing Media, Homes and Households explores the complex relationship …

Journalism Studies: The Basics provides an introductory overview of the emerging field of
Journalism Studies, discussing key issues and contemporary debates. Drawing on Conboy's …

This book describes the lifecycle of media in the context of the media ecology, presenting a
general theoretical framework and a series of methodological procedures to support the …

Television is a domestic medium, not only consumed in the home but, along with other
media, central to the home; as Silverstone has pointed out, television is 'part of home–part of …