In this fascinating book, Roger Silverstone explores the enigma of television and how it has found its way so profoundly and intimately into the fabric of our everyday lives.

This is an attempt to get people to think differently about the media - not just when they are writing essays, but also when they are arguing about media in everyday life.

The book proposes that we should think of the global media as a mediapolis, a single space of political and social communication, in which the basis for the relationships between neighbours and strangers can be either constructed or ...

In this clearly argued collection of essays, the contributors analyze and reflect upon dominant themes and debates that have made media research an increasingly important element of cultural theory.

The importance of the daily experience of new information and communication technologies is highlighted by this timely volume.

Written by communication economists and experts in the media business from the US and Europe, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the Internet revolution showing how the rules of business have changed.

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