The Media and the Public: Them and Us in Media Discourse

by Karen Ross and Stephen Coleman

Book Overview

The Media and the Public explores the ways a range of media, from the press to television to the Internet, have constructed and represented the public. Provides a new synthesis of recent research exploring the relationship between media and their publics Identifies ways in which different publics are subverting the gatekeeping of mainstream media in order to find a voice and communicate with others Situates contemporary media-public discourse and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1405160411
• ISBN13: 9781405160414
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"