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James curran, goldsmiths college, university of london. May 05, 2011 james curran is director of the goldsmiths leverhume media research centre, and professor of communications at goldsmiths, university of london. How does tv entertainment contribute to the democratic life of society. Michael schudson and james curran have recently pointed out that media history has not. It makes an indispensable contribution to debates about media and democracy, and about changes in media systems. The bay area tech barons are disavowing the monster they helped stitch together. My thanks go to arnold, routledgemethuen and sage publisher of the european journal of communications and myungjin park, for permission to. Media and democracy addresses key topics and themes in relation to democratic theory, media and technology, comparative media studies, media and history. Much of our thinking about the democratic role of the media dates from the eighteenth. James curran, rethinking media and democracy, in james curran and michael gurevitch eds, mass media and society, london, oxford. He has been a visiting professor at california, penn, stanford, oslo and stockholm universities.
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