Penulis: Des Freedman

The Politics of Media Policy provides a critical perspective on the dynamics of media policy in the US and UK and offers a comprehensive guide to some of the major points of debate in the media today …

The Politics of Media Policy provides a critical perspective on the dynamics of media policy in the US and UK and offers a comprehensive guide to some of the major points of debate in the media today …

Media reform plays an increasingly important role in the struggle for social justice. As battles are fought over the future of investigative journalism, media ownership, spectrum management, speech r …

`No book is more timely than this collection, which analyses brilliantly the Western media′s relentless absorption into the designs of dominant, rapacious power′ – John Pilger `A most timely book, w …

This is an excellent source which puts students in the heart of the contemporary discussion and encourages them to form opinions. It is a great resource for seminars as well as gateways to research. …

As the world looked on in horror at the Paris terror attacks of January and November 2015, France found itself at the centre of a war that has split across nations and continents. The attacks set in …

With funding cuts well under way and many institutions already promising to charge the maximum 9, 000 pounds yearly tuition fee, university education for the majority is under threat. This book expos …

With funding cuts well under way and many institutions already promising to charge the maximum 9, 000 pounds yearly tuition fee, university education for the majority is under threat. This book expos …

Des Freedman explores Labour’s divided response to the development of commercial television in the 1950s and assesses the impact of Wilson’s governments on television in the 1960s. His key argument i …

Des Freedman explores Labour”s divided response to the development of commercial television in the 1950s and assesses the impact of Wilson”s governments on television in the 1960s. His key argument …

Des Freedman explores Labour”s divided response to the development of commercial television in the 1950s and assesses the impact of Wilson”s governments on television in the 1960s. His key argument …

The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more than 3 billion internet users across the globe, some 40 per cent of the world’s population. The internet’s meteoric rise is a pheno …

The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more than 3 billion internet users across the globe, some 40 per cent of the world’s population. The internet’s meteoric rise is a pheno …

`No book is more timely than this collection, which analyses brilliantly the Western media’s relentless absorption into the designs of dominant, rapacious power’ – John Pilger`A most timely book, wit …

This is an excellent source which puts students in the heart of the contemporary discussion and encourages them to form opinions. It is a great resource for seminars as well as gateways to research. …

As the world looked on in horror at the Paris terror attacks of January and November 2015, France found itself at the centre of a war that has split across nations and continents. The attacks set in …

Media power is a crucial, although often taken for granted, concept. We assume, for example, that the media are ”powerful”; if they were not, why would there be so many controversies over the regul …

Our media systems are in crisis. Run by unaccountable corporations and dominated by agendas and algorithms that are shrouded in mystery, these formerly trusted sources of information and entertainmen …

When we are told so regularly that we live in a ‘post truth’ age and are surrounded by ‘fake news’, it can be tempting to think of politics as primarily mediated. Discussion and analysis of public af …

When we are told so regularly that we live in a ‘post truth’ age and are surrounded by ‘fake news’, it can be tempting to think of politics as primarily mediated. Discussion and analysis of public af …

‘A lively and well-researched history and critique’ – Jonathan Steele, former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Guardian Since its inception in Manchester in 1821 as a response to the 1819 Peterloo …

An exploration of the theories, histories, practices, and contradictions of liberalism today.What does it mean to be a liberal in neoliberal times? This collection of short essays attempts to show ho …

A guide to the nature, purpose, and place of public service television within a multi-platform, multichannel ecology.Television is on the verge of both decline and rebirth. Vast technological change …

‘A lively and well-researched history and critique’ – Jonathan Steele, former Chief Foreign Correspondent for the Guardian Since its inception in Manchester in 1821 as a response to the 1819 Peterloo …

When we are told so regularly that we live in a ‘post truth’ age and are surrounded by ‘fake news’, it can be tempting to think of politics as primarily mediated. Discussion and analysis of public af …

A collection of short, sharp essays exploring the value of shared and accessible public knowledge in the face of its erosion.The Death of Public Knowledge argues for the value and importance of share …

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Media reform plays an increasingly important role in the struggle for social justice. As battles are fought over the future of investigative journalism, media ownership, spectrum management, speech r …