POWER WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY

This book attacks the conventional history of the press as a story of progress offers a critical defence and history of public service broadcasting provides a myth busting account of the internet gives a subtle account of the impact of social media and explores key debates about the role and politics of the media Power Without Responsibility has become a standard textbook on media and other courses but it has also gone beyond an academic audience to reach a wider public Hailed as a book that has cracked the canon by the Times Higher Educational Supplement it has been translated into five languages In 2019 it was awarded the International Communication Association s Fellows Book Award This ninth edition is based on a major overhaul of its content to take account of new developments such as generative AI and new scholarship in the field It also contains a new chapter on the transformed opportunity for a reformed and buccaneering public service broadcasting in the face of automated misinformation and social division locally nationally and internationally This trailblazing text is essential reading for all students and scholars interested in British media and contemporary media and society