Silverstone Media and Morality

On the Rise of the Mediapolis
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-0-7456-5787-5
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten, E-Book

Roger Silverstone's compelling new book places the global media atthe heart of the moral future of civilisation. It argues that themedia (the press, broadcasting, the Internet and increasinglypeer-to-peer technologies and networks) have a profoundsignificance for the way in which the world is understood by itscitizens. It also argues that without a clear understanding of thatsignificance, and without a critique of the way in which the mediago about their daily business, we are likely to see an erosion inthe capacity of human beings to understand and respect each other,especially those whom they see and hear only in their mediation.
In a world of increasing polarisation and demonisation, themedia have a powerful role to play. They can reinforce or they canchallenge that polarisation. The book proposes that we should thinkof the global media as a mediapolis, a single space of politicaland social communication, in which the basis for the relationshipsbetween neighbours and strangers can be either constructed ordestroyed. The mediapolis is a moral space, a space of hospitality,responsibility, obligation and judgement. And questioning itspresent and future requires attention to issues of media justice,media literacy and media regulation.
Media and Morality is essential reading for all studentsand scholars of the media but will be of equal fascination toanyone interested in the workings of our modern world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Silverstone, Roger

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements vi
1 Morality and Media 1
2 Mediapolis or the Space of Appearance 25
3 The Rhetoric of Evil 56
4 Contrapuntal Cultures 80
5 The Mediapolis and Everyday Life 106
6 Hospitality and Justice 136
7 Regulation and Literacy 162
Notes 189
References 199
Index 207

Über Autor(innen)

Roger Silverstone was formerly Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science.