ABSTRACT
This fascinating study focuses on an area neglected in previous studies of the media: the meetings between ordinary people and the media. Couldry explores what happens when people who normally consume the media witness media processes in action, or even become the object of media attention themselves.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|61 pages
A New Theory of Media Power
chapter 1|20 pages
Locating Media Power
chapter 2|16 pages
Charting Media Territory
chapter 3|23 pages
Media Power: Some Hidden Dimensions
part 2|58 pages
Media Pilgrims: On The Set of Coronation Street
chapter |4 pages
General Introduction
chapter 4|19 pages
On The Actual Street
chapter 5|16 pages
The Reality of The Fiction
chapter 6|17 pages
Playing with Boundaries
part 3|54 pages
Media Witnesses: Two Decades of Protest
chapter |3 pages
General Introduction
chapter 7|29 pages
Brightlingsea: The De-Naturalisation of The Media Frame
chapter 8|20 pages
Acting within The Media Frame
part 4|21 pages
The Future of The Media Frame?