This book is concerned with the media's role in everyday life, power relations and the construction of masculine identities in the context of prisons.

Introduction: prisons, media and everyday life 1. Prison, pain and identity: a review of the literature 2. Identity, self and constructions of masculinity 3. Research context and methodology 4. The microsocial contexts of media use 5. The meso-sphere of culture, interaction and hyper-masculinity 6. The macrosocial institutional sphere. Conclusion: the paradoxical power of media in prisons