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Television has changed drastically in the Soviet Union over the last two decades. Ellen Mickiewicz's volume challenges us to consider how television has become Mikhail Gorbachev's most powerful instrument for paving the way for major reform. Mickiewicz explores the changes in programming that have occurred as a result of glasnost.

Examines the debate about popular fiction in the last two decades and its position within popular culture, with reference to crime fiction, soap opera, romance and TV sitcoms.

A close examination of American journalism with particular emphasis placed upon television news. Hallin looks at an institution that is torn between the needs of the market, political ideology and popular fashion, and journalistic professionalism.

A classic study of the workings of the Hollywood television industry. The reader is taken behind the scenes to see how shows get their air time and how they are shaped by the political and cultural climate of the time.

In a series of case studies from Asia, Africa, North and South America, Europe, the Middle East and Australia, the contributors explore relationships between media, power and society in a variety of regional and national contexts, and the effects of globalization.

Explores British media history as a series of competing narratives. This collection identifies and contrasts the various interrelationships between media histories, and also encourages dialogue between different historical, political, and theoretical perspectives, including: liberalism; feminism; populism; nationalism; and, libertarianism.

The first comprehensive study of the international popular music industry. The book examines how the industry is responding to the need to produce global starand discusses the effect of new media technologies.

This text addresses three key questions about the relationship between media and society: how much power do the media have? who really controls the media? and what is the relationship between media and power in society.

The first collection of cultural studies essays from Australia, selected and introduced for an international readership.

A fresh and innovative combination of previously published work and influential new thinking. It is an indispensable aid to the study of journalism and media history.

In an examination of talk shows such as "Kilroy" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show", the authors analyze the "experts," contribution, the conventions of the genre, and the dangers and opportunities of televised public debates.