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This book offers a fresh and accessible introduction to the relationship between media power and cultural production. By marshalling a range of theoretical perspectives from political economy and cultural studies, The Media and Cultural Production invites the reader to analyze the relationship between the making of meaning, political, economic and social power and the machinery of cultural production - the media. The book: critically examines the notion of the `cultural industries'; examines the regulatory framework in which the cultural industries operate; looks at the impact of globalization on cultural production; explores the way in which meaning is both produced and contested. The Media and
The Struggle for Power and the Struggle for Meaning
The Struggle for Power and the Struggle for Meaning
Human beings experience the world through the senses of sight, hearing, smell, touch and taste. But humans also experience the world through the more abstract phenomenon of consciousness, that is, we think, comprehend and mentally process insights. We have a capacity for understanding – a capacity for making sense of the world and our sensations. We do not simply take in perceptions, we are also conscious of these perceptions. We are ‘mental’ beings who try to ‘make sense’ of our world and of ourselves. We share our understandings, thoughts and feelings with one another through language. Our capacity to engage in this ‘sharing process’ has been greatly enhanced ...
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