International Media Research A Critical Survey

"International Media Research" provides a critical review of key approaches and concerns of contemporary media research. Comprised of essays from specialists in the area, the book begins by examining the historical development of the field and the difficulty in achieving a coherent academic identity. From there, the essays provide a broad and international array of perspectives on some of the pivotal areas of recent media research. Together, the essays serve as a handbook to a rapidly changing field and offer a multitude of bibliographic references.

International Media Research offers a rigorous and critical review of key approaches and concerns that have recently defined the field of media research. In this clearly argued collection of essays, the contributors analyze and reflect upon dominant themes and debates that have made media research an increasingly important element of cultural theory. The volume begins with a critical evaluation of the work of the leading media scholar, Elihu Katz, and continues with an exploration of the relationship between media studies and adjacent disciplines: cultural studies and gender and sexuality.Contributors drawn from Britain, America, Canada and Belgium consider the relationships between media research and media policy in different national and international contexts. Focusing on the European Union, East-Central Europe, North America and Latin America, chapters assess the impact of social, economic and political circumstances on policy debates and the shaping of the research agenda. The final chapter adopts a transatlantic perspective in tracing and analysing the history of the media's role in reporting war.

1 EDITORS’ INTRODUCTION 2 THE WORK OF ELIHU KATZ: CONCEPTUALIZING MEDIA EFFECTS IN CONTEXT 3 CULTURAL STUDIES AS A RESEARCH PERSPECTIVE: THEMES AND TENSIONS 4 GENDER AND MEDIA STUDIES: NO WOMAN, NO CRY 5 POST-COMMUNIST MEDIA IN TRANSITION 6 ISSUES AND ASSUMPTIONS IN COMMUNICATIONS POLICY AND RESEARCH IN WESTERN EUROPE: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS 7 MEDIA POLICY IN NORTH AMERICA 8 MEDIA AND CULTURE IN LATIN AMERICA 9 THE MEDIA AND WAR

John Corner is Professor in the School of Politics and Communication Studies, University of Liverpool. Philip Schlesinger is Professor of Film and Media Studies, University of Stirling and the Director of the Stirling Media Research Institute. Roger Silverstone is Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science.