We take for granted that media and power are interconnected. But all too rarely is this relationship critically examined, its structural roots exposed. In The contradictions of media power, Des Freedman offers an incisive and nuanced analysis of how media institutions are inextricably bound up with powerful interests. Casting its core contradictions into stark relief, Freedman reveals how the media/power nexus offers affordances that can be used to challenge the very same elite interests it so often serves.
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