{"product_id":"media-and-left-9789004272927","title":"Media and Left","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe recent economic crisis, and the challenges to democracy in an increasingly globalized world, brings into sharp relief the importance of mass communication. This volume explores a range of issues, from the nature of communication, to the role of the media industry, to the way that mass communication has facilitated social movements in many parts of the world.  Revisiting the works of Karl Marx and others, the essays bring a new perspective and a renewed interest in critical analyses of communication practices globally. This collection represents the cutting edge of communication research introducing a new generation of scholars to understanding changes in the way we learn about our society.  Contributors are: Arthur Asa Berger, Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Savaş Çoban, John Bellamy Foster, Christian Fuchs, Douglas Kellner, Robert W. McChesney, David Miller, Marisol Sandoval, Nick Stevenson, Gerald Sussman, Mandy Tröger, and Michael Wayne.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables and Figures  Foreword, Robert W. McChesney  About the Authors   Introduction, Savaş Çoban  1. The Spectre of Marx, Michael Wayne           The Political Crisis           The Media Crisis           The Economic Crisis  2. Culture, Communication \u0026amp; Ideology = Forms of Work, Christian Fuchs           Introduction           Work\/Communication-Dualism: Jürgen Habermas and Klaus Holzkamp on Communication and Work           Raymond Williams’ Cultural Materialism           Cultural Production as a Form of Work           Communication as a Form of Work           Ideological Labour and Critical Work           Conclusion  3. Media Power and Class Power: Overplaying Ideology, David Miller           Media Power and Class Power           The Ideological Effect?           Gramsci to the Rescue?           Back to Marx           Democracy           Corporate Power and the Media           Corporate and Class Power Beyond the Media           Conclusion  4. The Cultural Apparatus of Monopoly Capital: An Introduction,  John Bellamy Foster and Robert W. McChesney           Brecht, the Frankfurt School, and the Concept of Cultural Apparatus           Mills, Thompson, and Williams           Toward a Wider Political Economy of Communication: The 1960s Critique           The Critique of Culture and the Media in the 1960s           The New Left and Communication: The 1960s and ‘70s and Today   5. The War Against Democracy in the UK, Nick Stevenson  6. Infamy and Indoctrination in American Media and Politics, Arthur Asa Berger           Practice           Theory  7. U.S. Media and the World, Gerald Sussman           Media and Popular Culture: The U.S. Transnational Power Context           American Media and Internal Colonization           The Future of Capitalist Media  8. The Evolving Business Models of Network News? Oliver Boyd-Barrett           Introduction           Network History           A Question of Complicity            Trends of Change in the New Millennium           Transitioning from Network to Post-Network Age           Conclusion  9. Corporate Social (Ir)Responsibility in Media And Communication Industries, Marisol Sandoval           Introduction           Theories of CSR in Media and Communication Iindustries           Corporate Social (Ir)Responsibility in Media and Communication Companies           Conclusion  10. Media Spectacle and the North African Arab Uprisings: Some Critical Reflections, Douglas Kellner           The Rise and Triumph of Media Spectacle           Guy Debord and the Society of the Spectacle            The North African Arab Uprisings            Sparks in Tunisia            Upheaval in Egypt           Tumult in the Arab World 2011: From the Arab Spring to Bloody, Summer, Fall and Winter           Concluding Comments  11. Turkey’s ‘War and Peace’ The Kurdish Question and the Media, Savaş Çoban           The Kurdish           Presentation and Perception Internationally           Presentation and Perception in the Turkish Media           The Kurdish Media           Conclusion  Epilogue: ‘The Left’ as Needed Ideology, Mandy Tröger  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210651132247,"sku":"9789004272927","price":132.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/media-and-left-9789004272927","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}