In this major new book, James Curran addresses three key questions about media power: How much power do the media have? Who really controls the media? What is the relationship between media and power in society?

James Curran is Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He is the author or editor of over thirteen books about the media, including Power Without Responsibility: The Press and Broadcasting in Britain (with Jean Seaton, 6th edition, 2002), and Mass Media and Society (edited with Michael Gurevitch, 3rd edition, 2000)

Part 1 Media history; Chapter 1 Rival narratives of media history; Chapter 2 New media and power; Chapter 3 Capitalism and control of the press; Part 2 Media sociology; Chapter 4 New revisionism in media and cultural studies; Chapter 5 Renewing the radical tradition; Chapter 6 Globalization theory: the absent debate; Part 3 Media politics; Chapter 7 Globalization, social change and television reform; Chapter 8 Media and democracy: the third way;