Media Perspectives for the 21st Century Media Perspectives for the 21st Century brings together key international scholars to explore concepts, topics and issues concerning the commu- nication environment in contemporary democratic societies. It combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to provide an interdisciplinary and truly global perspective that reflects the trends, theories and issues in current media and communication research. The collection raises significant questions about the study of the media by challenging approaches to major media and societal issues, and analyses in more depth the range of concerns that shape both the present and the future media landscape and the issues these can create for communication. It also investigates the main effects of technological developments on the domain of the news media and journalism. Divided into two main sections, Part I provides accounts of the role of media in society, and deals with agendas that affect the field of communi- cations studies. Part II goes on to examine the world of new media and offers analysis on the developments of the 21st century. Chapters deal with various dimensions of media from a number of different perspectives and socio-political contexts, covering a wide range of topics including social networking, political communication, public journalism, global infotain- ment and consumer culture. Media Perspectives for the 21st Century will be highly useful to undergrad- uate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers and academics, in the fields of media and communication studies, mass communication, journalism and new media. Stylianos Papathanassopoulos is Professor in Media Organisation and Policy and Head of the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece. He has written extensively on media developments in Europe. His other publica- tions include The European Media (with Ralph Negrine, 2011), Television in the 21st Century (2005), Media and Politics (2004) and European Television in the Digital Age (2002). Communication and Society Series Editor: James Curran This series encompasses the broad field of media and cultural studies. Its main concerns are the media and the public sphere: whether the media empower or fail to empower popular forces in society; media organiza- tions and public policy; the political and social consequences of media campaigns; and the role of media entertainment, ranging from potboilers and the human interest story to rock music and TV sport. Glasnost, Perestroika and the Soviet Media Brian McNair Pluralism, Politics and the Marketplace The regulation of German broadcasting Vincent Porter and Suzanne Hasselbach Potboilers Methods, concepts and case studies in popular fiction Jerry Palmer Communication and Citizenship Journalism and the public sphere Edited by Peter Dahlgren and Colin Sparks Seeing and Believing The influence of television Greg Philo Critical Communication Studies Communication, history and theory in America Hanno Hardt Media Moguls Jeremy Tunstall and Michael Palmer Fields in Vision Television sport and cultural transformation Garry Whannel Getting the Message News, truth and power The Glasgow Media Group Advertising, the Uneasy Persuasion Its dubious impact on American society Michael Schudson Nation, Culture, Text Australian cultural and media studies Edited by Graeme Turner Television Producers Jeremy Tunstall What News? The market, politics and the local press Bob Franklin and David Murphy In Garageland Rock, youth and modernity Johan Forns, Ulf Lindberg and Ove Sernhede The Crisis of Public Communication Jay G. Blumler and Michael Gurevitch Glasgow Media Group Reader, Volume 1 News content, language and visuals Edited by John Eldridge Glasgow Media Group Reader, Volume 2 Industry, economy, war and politics Edited by Greg Philo The Global Jukebox The international music industry Robert Burnett Inside Prime Time Todd Gitlin Talk on Television Audience participation and public debate Sonia Livingstone and Peter Lunt Media Effects and Beyond Culture, socialization and lifestyles Edited by Karl Erik Rosengren We Keep America on Top of the World Television journalism and the public sphere Daniel C. Hallin A Journalism Reader Edited by Michael Bromley and Tom OMalley Tabloid Television Popular journalism and the other news John Langer International Radio Journalism History, theory and practice Tim Crook Media, Ritual and Identity Edited by Tamar Liebes and James Curran De-Westernizing Media Studies Edited by James Curran and Myung-Jin Park British Cinema in the Fifties Christine Geraghty Ill Effects The media violence debate, second edition Edited by Martin Barker and Julian Petley Media and Power James Curran Journalism after September 11 Edited by Barbie Zelizer and Stuart Allan Remaking Media The struggle to democratize public communication Robert A Hackett and William K Carroll Media on the Move Global flow an