Media: Why It Matters

by Nick Couldry

Book Overview

From TV bulletins to social media newsfeeds, the media plays a massive role in shaping the world as we see it. In fact, different media have helped make possible our world of independent nations, binding together disparate communities through shared cultural touchstones, such as the press and national broadcasters. With the transfer of people's lives to the online world, the media has become crucial to almost every aspect of how human beings live...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1509515151
• ISBN13: 9781509515158
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Polity Press
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.9" x 7.4"