An authoritative and accessible guide to the world's most influential force - the contemporary media

An authoritative and accessible guide to the world's most influential force - the contemporary media

Our lives are more mediated than ever before.

Adults in economically advanced countries spend, on average, over eight hours per day interacting with the media.

The news and entertainment industries are being transformed by the shift to digital platforms. But how much is really changing in terms of what shapes media content? What are the impacts on our public and imaginative life? And is the Internet a democratising tool of social protest, or of state and commercial manipulation?