Media and Cultural Regulation

by Kenneth Thompson

Book Overview

This text outlines the ways in which contemporary trends - political, social and economic - give rise to public debates about policies concerned with culture. A range of theoretical issues are explored and three key arenas of contested regulation are discussed: sexuality, globalization and multiculturalism. Sexuality poses issues of control of representations, pornography and censorship. Globalization raises questions of national identity and cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761954406
• ISBN13: 9780761954408
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.5" x 9.7"