Culture Wars by James Curran

Culture Wars by James Curran

Culture Wars charts the battle between two generations, one shaped by the immediate post-war period and the other by the cultural revolt of the 1960s. It was a clash that first exploded into life in the 1980s, when the Conservative press and government ridiculed radical young councillors as the 'loony left', and turned them into the pariahs of contemporary politics. This cultural victory proved shortlived. The values and political agenda of the urban left made significant advances in the 1990s and 2000s when the sixties generation moved into positions of power. The book offers key insights for different disciplines: *For media studies, it offers a compelling account of how the media represent, and influence, social change. *For cultural studies, it illuminates the way in which the culture of society is a battleground between generations and opposed value groups. *For the social sciences, it documents how the rise of women, immigration, gay liberation and concern about the environment were mediated, and became the subjects of debate, political conflict, and regulation. *For the general reader, it offers a very readable account of the entry of 1960s values into mainstream politics, and the culture wars that have been fought ever since.

This book is comprehensive and very readablePolitical 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.

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).

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ISBN 13	9780748619177
ISBN 10	0748619178
Title	Culture Wars
Author	James Curran
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Edinburgh University Press
Year published	2005-07-29
Number of pages	320
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