Culture Wars charts the battle between two generations, one shaped by the immediate post-war period and the other by the cultural revolt of the 1960s. It was a clash that first exploded into life in the 1980s, when the Conservative press and government ridiculed radical young councillors as the 'loony left', and turned them into the pariahs of contemporary politics. This cultural victory proved shortlived. The values and political agenda of the urban left made significant advances in the 1990s and 2000s when the sixties generation moved into positions of power. The book offers key insights for different disciplines: *For media studies, it offers a compelling account of how the media represent, and influence, social change. *For cultural studies, it illuminates the way in which the culture of society is a battleground between generations and opposed value groups. *For the social sciences, it documents how the rise of women, immigration, gay liberation and concern about the environment were mediated, and became the subjects of debate, political conflict, and regulation. *For the general reader, it offers a very readable account of the entry of 1960s values into mainstream politics, and the culture wars that have been fought ever since.
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A study of how the media actively intervene in new social movements and issues of representation.
Part 1: Politics and Cultural Conflict; 1. A New Political Generation; James Curran; Part 2: The Rise of the Sixties Generation; 2. Goodbye to the Clowns; James Curran; 3. Defeat into Victory; James Curran; Part 3: Loony Tunes; 4. Hit and Myth; Julian Petley; 5. 'Hate on the Rates'; Julian Petley; 6. Positive and Negative Images; Julian Petley; Part 4: Modern Times; 7. Slaying the Dragon; Ivor Gaber; 8. Driven to Distraction; Ivor Gaber; Part 5: The Media and the British Left; 9. The Political Impact of the Media; James Curran; 10. Influence on the British Media; James Curran, Ivor Gaber and Julian Petley; Index.
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This book is comprehensive and very readable. Political Studies Review An empirically rich and insightful account of profound changes in the performance of political communication in contemporary Britain. -- Pascal Preston, Dublin City University Journalism The strength of this chapter, and indeed the book as a whole, lies in the way in which it highlights, in an easily digestible fashion, ths complex and two-way relationship bethween politics and the media, successfully communicating the fact that the politics of the press and ths politics of Britain are inextricably linked. -- Natalie Pittimson, University of Warwick Media, Culture and Society This book is comprehensive and very readable. An empirically rich and insightful account of profound changes in the performance of political communication in contemporary Britain. The strength of this chapter, and indeed the book as a whole, lies in the way in which it highlights, in an easily digestible fashion, ths complex and two-way relationship bethween politics and the media, successfully communicating the fact that the politics of the press and ths politics of Britain are inextricably linked.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780748619177
Publisert
2005-07-29
Utgiver
Vendor
Edinburgh University Press
Vekt
506 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
320

Biographical note

James Curran is Professor of Communication at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Ivor Gaber is Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Goldsmiths. Julian Petley is Professor of Screen Media and Journalism in the School of Arts at Brunel University, Chair of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, a member of the board of Index on Censorship, and co-principal editor of the Journal of British Cinema and Television. His most recent publications are Freedom of the Word (2007), Freedom of the Moving Image (co-written with Philip French, 2008) and Censorship: a Beginner's Guide (2009).