A global, comparative study of Western and non-Western cultural contexts with quantitative and qualitative evidence from China, the US, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Fits with the recent 'turn' to practice in media studies, making links to established concepts in media and communication studies and draws connections and continuations between practice and key ideas. Links comparative media systems analysis with ethnographic studies of personal and social internet usage.

This book outlines a theory of communication and justice for the digital age, updating classic positions in political philosophy and ethics, and engaging thinkers from Aristotle through Immanuel Kant and the American pragmatists to John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas, and Amartya Sen. In communication seeking to define justice and call out injustice, there is such a thing as the last word. The chapters in this book trace the historical emergence of communication as a human right; specify the technological resources and institutional frameworks necessary for exercising that right; and address some of the challenges following from digitalization that currently confront citizens, national regulators, and international agencies. Among the issues covered are public access to information archives past and present; local and global networks of communication as sources of personal identities and imagined communities; the ongoing reconfiguration of the press as a fourth branch of governance; and privacy as a precondition for individuals and collectives to live their lives according to plans, and to make their own histories. The book will be of interest to students and researchers in media and communication studies, cultural studies, political philosophy and ethics, and interdisciplinary fields examining the ethical and political implications of new information and communication infrastructures.

A global, comparative study of Western and non-Western cultural contexts with quantitative and qualitative evidence from China, the US, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Fits with the recent 'turn' to practice in media studies, making links to established concepts in media and communication studies and draws connections and continuations between practice and key ideas. Links comparative media systems analysis with ethnographic studies of personal and social internet usage.

Klaus Bruhn Jensen is a well known academic and an authoritative and original author. There is a lack of good theory books for media and communications studies and the clear three part structure will appeal to students. Added features such as case studies, tables and diagrams to explain key concepts and a comprehensive glossary of terms will help steer students through complex material. The author is well-known for overviews and syntheses that join otherwise conflicting research traditions. The first part of the book presents an accessible history of ideas, placing communication in relation to key thinkers from Aristotle, via Immanuel Kant and Charles Sanders Peirce, to Jurgen Habermas and Richard Rorty. The second part of the book bridges technological, social, and aesthetic approaches to media and communication. The third and final part of the book includes sections on 'how to study new media' with concrete analytical examples. The book presents a sustained critique of Habermas' influential work on the ideal communication situation.

This book outlines a theory of communication and justice for the digital age, updating classic positions in political philosophy and ethics, and engaging thinkers from Aristotle through Immanuel Kant and the American pragmatists to John Rawls, Jürgen Habermas, and Amartya Sen. In communication seeking to define justice and call out injustice, there is such a thing as the last word. The chapters in this book trace the historical emergence of communication as a human right; specify the technological resources and institutional frameworks necessary for exercising that right; and address some of the challenges following from digitalization that currently confront citizens, national regulators, and international agencies. Among the issues covered are public access to information archives past and present; local and global networks of communication as sources of personal identities and imagined communities; the ongoing reconfiguration of the press as a fourth branch of governance; and privacy as a precondition for individuals and collectives to live their lives according to plans, and to make their own histories. The book will be of interest to students and researchers in media and communication studies, cultural studies, political philosophy and ethics, and interdisciplinary fields examining the ethical and political implications of new information and communication infrastructures.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition integrates perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities, focusing on methodology as a strategic level of analysis that joins practical applications with theoretical issues. The Handbook comprises three main elements: historical accounts of the development of key concepts and research traditions; systematic reviews of media organizations, discourses, and users, as well as of the wider social and cultural contexts of communication; and practical guidelines with sample studies, taking readers through the different stages of a research process and reflecting on the social uses and consequences of research. Updates to this edition include: An overview of the interrelations between networked, mass, and interpersonal communication. A new chapter on digital methods. Three chapters illustrating different varieties of media and communication research, including industry-academic collaboration and participatory action research. Presentation and discussion of public issues such as surveillance and the reconfiguration of local and global media institutions. This book is an invaluable reference work for students and researchers in the fields of media, communication, and cultural studies.

First published in 1991. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this third edition integrates perspectives from the social sciences and the humanities, focusing on methodology as a strategic level of analysis that joins practical applications with theoretical issues. The Handbook comprises three main elements: historical accounts of the development of key concepts and research traditions; systematic reviews of media organizations, discourses, and users, as well as of the wider social and cultural contexts of communication; and practical guidelines with sample studies, taking readers through the different stages of a research process and reflecting on the social uses and consequences of research. Updates to this edition include: An overview of the interrelations between networked, mass, and interpersonal communication. A new chapter on digital methods. Three chapters illustrating different varieties of media and communication research, including industry-academic collaboration and participatory action research. Presentation and discussion of public issues such as surveillance and the reconfiguration of local and global media institutions. This book is an invaluable reference work for students and researchers in the fields of media, communication, and cultural studies.

Klaus Bruhn Jensen is a well known academic and an authoritative and original author. There is a lack of good theory books for media and communications studies and the clear three part structure will appeal to students. Added features such as case studies, tables and diagrams to explain key concepts and a comprehensive glossary of terms will help steer students through complex material. The author is well-known for overviews and syntheses that join otherwise conflicting research traditions. The first part of the book presents an accessible history of ideas, placing communication in relation to key thinkers from Aristotle, via Immanuel Kant and Charles Sanders Peirce, to Jurgen Habermas and Richard Rorty. The second part of the book bridges technological, social, and aesthetic approaches to media and communication. The third and final part of the book includes sections on 'how to study new media' with concrete analytical examples. The book presents a sustained critique of Habermas' influential work on the ideal communication situation.

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This is the first in-depth study of how television viewers around the world respond to the ever increasing mass of information available from news programmes. Based on individual and household interviews in seven countries including India, Mexico, Italy and Denmark, the contributors examine the flow of news information across national and international borders.

In less than ten years, the world wide web has become part of everyday life. During the 1990s, it was often perceived as a possible source of dramatic social change for business, politics, and the arts. Now, it is increasingly clear that the web has itself been shaped by the existing institutions of society -- businesses, parliaments, schools, families -- even while challenging some of their structures and premises. This volume takes stock of the web, a decade after its popular breakthrough. The articles examine websites as interfaces to contemporary culture and as resources for political participation. Following accounts of the history of computers and the web, the volume presents concrete analyses of how politicians, corporations, activists, cultural institutions, and media weave the web for the general public.