Description: "The media plays a massive role in shaping the world as we see it. Couldry explains the significance of five core dimensions of media, and shows that understanding these dynamics is a vital skill that every person needs in the digital age, when the fate of our political worlds and social environment may rest on how we communicate with each other"--
Review Quotes:
'With this book, Nick Couldry emerges as the centre-left Raymond Williams of our time. Media: Why It Matters will be read widely across the world.'
James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London
'No one quite sees the media like the sagacious Nick Couldry.'
John Durham Peters, Yale University
'Few have written so lucidly and poignantly about why media matter. Couldry provides a road map for understanding media and society in the twenty-first century.'
Lisa Parks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology