THE CONTRADICTIONS OF MEDIA POWER

Book ID/图书代码： 02000014B73391

English Summary/英文概要： 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 regulation, control and impact of communicative institutions and processes? Further, we assume that this ’power’ is somehow problematic; audiences are often treated as highly susceptible to media influence and too much ’power’ in the hands of one organization or individual is seen as risky and potentially dangerous. These concerns have been at the heart of recent controversies involving the relationships between media moguls and political elites, the consequences of phone hacking in the UK, and the emerging influence of social media as vital gatekeepers.

Yet it is still not clear what we mean by media power or how effective it is. This book evaluates contrasting definitions of media power and looks at the key sites in which power is negotiated, concentrated and resisted - politically, technologically and economically.

Combining an evaluation of both previous literature and new research, the book seeks to establish an understanding of media power which does justice to the complexities and contradictions of the contemporary social world. It will be important reading for undergraduates, postgraduates, researchers and activists alike.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 媒体的力量是至关重要的，也往往被认为是理所当然的概念。我们假设一下，例如，认为媒体是‘强大’的；如果不是，那为什么在监管，控制和对交际的机构和程序产生影响的过程中会有如此多的争议？进一步，我们假设这种“力量”在某种程度上是有问题的；观众往往被认为对媒体的影响高度敏感，而且一个组织或个人手中的权力太多会被认为存在潜在的风险和危险。这些问题已经成为最近涉及媒体大亨和政治精英之间的关系的争论的核心，例如英国电话窃听案的后果，以及社会媒体作为重要的门将的影响。

然而，我们所说的媒介权力是什么或它的影响力如何尚不清楚。这本书评估对比了媒介权力的定义，并发现权力的关键是协商的，集中的和抗拒的政治，技术和经济。

这本书结合了以前的文献和最新的研究，力求建立对在当代复杂和充满矛盾的社会世界中充当正义的媒介权力的理解。对于研究生，本科生，研究者和活动家来说这本书将是重要的阅读。（LNL）

Awards/获奖情况：在过去的十年中，德斯•弗里德曼已经确立了自己是世界上最卓越的媒体学者之一的地位。《媒介权力的矛盾》是他迄今为止最好的作品，展示了弗里德曼对政治与社会理论卓越的见解。每一页充满敏锐而独到的见解。本书是为任何寻求媒体和社会的批判分析的读者所准备的。——罗伯特•W•麦克切斯尼，美国伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校的传播学教授，《数据断开》的作者

德斯•弗里德曼用这本非常精妙和对媒介权力的审视的作品，提供了急需的对基本方法的改进。这本书是迄今为止关于媒体权力的政治经济解读的最好版本。本书还讨论了在社会媒体时代中，媒体机构中既定的经济权利如何被重组，虽然偶尔的媒体作品对繁衍出它们的资本主义产生了有力的批判。——尼克•柯尔迪，英国伦敦政治经济学院的媒体，通信和社会理论学教授

Over the past decade Des Freedman has established himself as one of the preeminent media scholars in the world. The Contradictions of Media Power is his finest work to date, demonstrating Freedman’s superior command of political and social theory. Each page bristles with keen and original insights. The book is absolutely mandatory reading for anyone seeking a critical analysis of media and society. --Robert W. McChesney, Professor of Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, and author of Digital Disconnect

Des Freedman provides a much needed boost to radical approaches to power with this highly sophisticated and interrogation of the workings of media power. This book is simply the best version of the political economy reading of media power that we have. It faces head on how the economic power vested in media institutions is being reconstituted in the age of social media, while occasionally generating media products that make powerful critiques of the very processes of capitalism that produced them. --Nick Couldry, Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK

About the Author/作者介绍： 德斯•弗里德曼是伦敦大学的传媒学教授。他是《媒体政策的政治》的作者，《误解的互联网》的合著者（与詹姆斯•科伦、娜塔莉•芬顿合著），《袭击大学：宣言的阻力》的共同编辑（与迈克•贝利一起），以及《媒体与恐怖主义：全球视角》的合著者（与达雅•图素一起）。他对媒介权力和媒体改革方面的问题特别感兴趣。他是英国媒体改革联盟的主席，以及新闻和广播自由运动的全国委员会委员。他是杂志“全球媒体和通信”的编辑，以及戈登史密斯•勒沃媒体研究中心的成员。

Des Freedman is a Professor of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the author of The Politics of Media Policy, co-author (with James Curran and Natalie Fenton) of Misunderstanding the Internet, co-editor (with Michael Bailey) of The Assault on Universities: A Manifesto for Resistance and co-editor (with Daya Thussu) of Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives. He is particularly interested in issues of media power and media reform. He is the chair of the UK Media Reform Coalition and on the national council of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom. He is an editor of the journal Global Media and Communication and a member of the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre.

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