Media, Culture & Society, Vol. 1 »

Media, Culture & Society has pioneered a unique approach to media analysis. Since 1979, it has published some of the finest theoretical and historical work in communication and cultural studies from Britain and Europe. The articles in this reader are grouped in three parts, representing a selection of the best work. Each part is preceded by an introductory essay which helps students understand the issues presented, and places the theoretical contributions in context.

Introduction
PART ONE: APPROACHES TO CULTURAL THEORY
Contribution to a Political Economy of Mass Communication - Nicholas Garnham
Cultural Studies - Stuart Hall
Two Paradigms
Codes and Cultural Analysis - John Corner
Women and the Cultural Industries - Michele Mattelart
PART TWO: INTELLECTUALS AND CULTURAL PRODUCTION
In Search of the Intellectuals - Philip Schlesinger
Some Comments on Recent Theory
Intellectuals, the 'Information Society' and the Disappearance of the Public Sphere - Philip Elliot
Pierre Bourdieu and the Sociology of Culture - Nicholas Garnham and Raymond Williams
An Introduction
The Production of Belief - Pierre Bourdieu
Contribution to an Economy of Symbolic Goods
The Aristocracy of Culture - Pierre Bourdieu
Cultural Entrepreneurship in Nineteenth-Century Boston - Paul Dimaggio
The Creation of an Organizational Base for High Culture in America
PART THREE: BRITISH BROADCASTING AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE
Broadcasting and the Politics of Unemployment 1930-1935 - Paddy Scannell
The Serious and the Popular - David Cardiff
Aspects of the Evolution of Style in the Radio Talk 1928-1939
A Symbolic Mirror of Ourselves - David Chaney
Civic Ritual in Mass Society
'Terrorism' and the State - Philip Elliot, Graham Murdock and Philip Schlesinger
A Case Study of the Discourses of Television
Broadband Black Death Cuts Queues. The Information Society and the UK - Richard Collins
The Impact of Advertising on the British Mass Media - James Curran