Power without responsibility : The press, broadcasting, and new media in Britain / James Curran & Jean Seaton

Chapter Introduction
Part I Press history James Curran
Chapter 1 Whig press history as political mythology
chapter 2 The struggle for a free press
chapter 3 The ugly face of reform
chapter 4 The industrialization of the press
chapter 5 The era of the press barons
chapter 6 The press under public regulation
chapter 7 The press in the age of conglomerates
part Part II Broadcasting history Jean Seaton
chapter 8 Reith and the denial of politics
chapter 9 Broadcasting and the blitz
chapter 10 Social revolution?
chapter 11 The fall of the BBC
chapter 12 Class, taste, and profit
chapter 13 How the audience is made
chapter 14 Video, cable, and satellite
chapter 15 To be or not to be the BBC: broadcasting in the 1980s and 1990s
part Part III Theories of the media
chapter 16 Global futures, the information society, and broadcasting Jean Seaton
chapter 17 The sociology of the mass media Jean Seaton
chapter 18 The liberal theory of press freedom James Curran
part Part IV Politics of the media
chapter 20 Contradictions in media policy James Curran/Jean Seaton
chapter 21 Palette of policies James Curran
chapter 22 Media reform James Curran

Power Without Responsibility is a classic introduction to the history, sociology, theory and politics of the media in Britain. It is an essential guide, both for students and teachers of media and communication studies, and for all those involved in the production and consumption of the media. The new edition has been substantially revised to bring it right up-to-date with developments in the media industry, new media technologies and changes in the political and academic debates surrounding media policy. In this new edition, the authors consider