Culture Wars The Media and the British Left
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James Curran is Professor of Communication at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Ivor Gaber is Professor of Broadcast Journalism at Goldsmiths. Julian Petley is Professor of Screen Media and Journalism in the School of Arts at Brunel University, Chair of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, a member of the board of Index on Censorship, and co-principal editor of the Journal of British Cinema and Television. His most recent publications are Freedom of the Word (2007), Freedom of the Moving Image (co-written with Philip French, 2008) and Censorship: a Beginner's Guide (2009).This book is comprehensive and very readable. Political Studies Review An empirically rich and insightful account of profound changes in the performance of political communication in contemporary Britain. -- Pascal Preston, Dublin City University Journalism The strength of this chapter, and indeed the book as a whole, lies in the way in which it highlights, in an easily digestible fashion, ths complex and two-way relationship bethween politics and the media, successfully communicating the fact that the politics of the press and ths politics of Britain are inextricably linked. -- Natalie Pittimson, University of Warwick Media, Culture and Society This book is comprehensive and very readable. An empirically rich and insightful account of profound changes in the performance of political communication in contemporary Britain. The strength of this chapter, and indeed the book as a whole, lies in the way in which it highlights, in an easily digestible fashion, ths complex and two-way relationship bethween politics and the media, successfully communicating the fact that the politics of the press and ths politics of Britain are inextricably linked.