Communications and Inequality - The Media and Citizenship in Class Societies

Written by the founding father of media studies, this book offers a unique analysis of the dynamics and wider implications of communications inequality.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Inequality and Communications
Chapter 3. A partial view of the world
Chapter 4. The Myth of the Digital Solution
Chapter 5. Managing Dissent
Chapter 6. So What?: Communication, Inequality and Citizenship

About the author

Peter Golding is Emeritus Professor at Northumbria University, UK. Until July 2015 he was Pro Vice-Chancellor at Northumbria University, and previously Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research) at Loughborough University, where he was Head of Social Sciences from 1991-2006.  He  is Hon. President of the Media Research Network of the European Sociological Association, editor of the European Journal of Communication, and Hon. Sec. of the subject association for the field in the UK (MeCCSA). He chaired the Research Assessment Exercise for the field in the UK in 2008 and 2014.  He has published widely on media sociology, the political economy of the media, and on communications and social policy.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Golding
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.05.2025
• EAN: 9781473966895
• ISBN: 978-1-4739-6689-5
• No. of pages: 152
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Society & social sciences, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Communication Studies, Social research and statistics, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents