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This document introduces the topic of power relations in media and society. It examines how theorists have addressed the ways in which power is exercised through media production and consumption. Key readings are cited that take different approaches to analyzing media power, such as critiquing the cultural industries (Adorno and Horkheimer), viewing power from a political philosophy perspective (Lukes), or empirically studying power as a process (Couldry). Questions are provided to guide reading, such as considering if Adorno and Horkheimer were right about media power and the role of media in Lukes' third dimension of power.

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This document introduces the topic of power relations in media and society. It examines how theorists have addressed the ways in which power is exercised through media production and consumption. Key readings are cited that take different approaches to analyzing media power, such as critiquing the cultural industries (Adorno and Horkheimer), viewing power from a political philosophy perspective (Lukes), or empirically studying power as a process (Couldry). Questions are provided to guide reading, such as considering if Adorno and Horkheimer were right about media power and the role of media in Lukes' third dimension of power.

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MT2: Power Dr Damian Tambini What is power and what role do the media play in reproducing power relations

in society? This lecture introduces the core and, arguably, the most insistent topic in research on media and communications; the way in which power is exercised through, and on, the processes of media production and consumption. It examines the various ways in which theorists and researchers have addressed the central questions of the power of the media and the assumptions behind their critique. Key Readings Bibliographic details Links

*Adorno, T. and Horkheimer, M (1972) The Culture Industry: read Adorno and Enlightenment as Mass Deception in Dialectic of Enlightenment , New Horkheimer here York: Seabury Press, pp. 120-167. This is one of the classic critiques of the awesome power of media in the context of an analysis of the cultural industries. Both dated and still acutely relevant. *Lukes, S. (2005) Power: A Radical View, 2nd Edition, London, read Lukes here Macmillan. CC JC330 L95 A hugely influential approach to power from a perspective on political philosophy. A new edition. *Thompson, J. (1990) Ideology in Modern Societies, in Ideology and read Modern Culture: Social Theory in the Era of Mass Communication , here Cambridge: Polity (esp. Chapters 1 & 2). This is not especially easy to read but it provides a thorough coherent and intelligent introduction to some of the key themes of this lecture and the course this term. Thompson

Further Readings Bibliographic details Barthes, R. (1972) Mythologies, London: Jonathan Cape. This is also a classic study only this time of the power of media texts. It is also an elegant introduction to semiotics. Baudrillard, J. (1983) Simulations, New York: Semiotext. This describes social spaces as fundamentally transformed by the pervasiveness of media images and media power. CC BD336 B34 Links CC PQ1101 B28

Bourdieu, P. (1998) On Television, New York: The New Press. An influential argument on how televisions symbolic power affects peoples ability to describe the society itself.

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Couldry, N. (2000) The Place of Media Power: Pilgrims and Witnesses of HM258 C85 the Media Age, London: Routledge. An empirically grounded study of power as process in contemporary media. Castells, Manuel., (2009) "Introduction: Opening" from Castells, read Castells here Manuel., Communication Power pp.1-9, Oxford,: Oxford University Press. [9] Curran, J. (2002) Media and Power, London: Routledge (Chapter 8). A collection of essays on different aspects of media power from a predominantly liberal perspective. Davis, A. (2007) The Mediation of Power. A Critical Introduction , P95.8 D26 Routledge, London. de Certeau, M. (1984) The Practice of Everyday Life, Berkeley CA: CC HN8 C41 California University Press (esp. General Introduction). A key text in approaching the power of the ordinary and the capacity of individuals to control significant aspects of their everyday lives. Fiske, J. (1987) Television Culture, London: Routledge. CC PN1992.5 F54 An influential book, arguing that television also offers freedoms and the power to evade, modify and challenge the cultural determinations and controls of the media industries. Freedman, D. (2008) The Politics of Media Policy, Cambridge: Polity. This is a book about how government policy on the media is created in the UK, and the relationships between powerful corporations and the media. Hallin, D. (2000) Media, Political Power and Democratization in Mexico, 97-110 HM258 D51 in J. Curran, and M. Park (Eds) De-Westernizing Media Studies , London: Routledge. A case study that applies and critiques the use of western models of media power in a specific context. Hartley, J. (1999) The Uses of Television, London: Routledge. This undermines the assumption that contemporary media culture has a negative impact on education and public life. PN1992.6 H33 P95.8 F85 NORMAL CC P95 8 C97

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This discusses dimensions of media power within peoples ordinary life. Tumber, H. (Ed) (2000) Media Power, Professionals and Policies, CC P95.8 M48 London: Routledge. Williams, R. (2003[1974]) Television: Technology and Cultural Form CC PN1991.6 W72 (Routledge Classics edition), London: Fontana, (especially Chapter 1).

Questions to guide your reading when preparing for the seminar: 1. Were Adorno and Horkheimer right about the media? Are they now? 2. Steven Lukes outlines the third dimension of power: what is the role of the media in this third dimension?

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