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.

part 1|61 pages

A New Theory of Media Power

chapter 1|20 pages

Locating Media Power

chapter 2|16 pages

Charting Media Territory

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

part 4|21 pages

The Future of The Media Frame?