Media and Values – Intimate Transgressions in a Changing Moral and Cultural Landscape - Softcover

Morrison, David E; Morrison, David; Kieran, Matthew; Svennevig, Micheal; Ventress, Sarah

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841501832 ISBN 13: 9781841501833

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 2009

Synopsis

"Media and Values" investigates the moral performance of the media. Based on an exhaustive number of focus groups, surveys, and interviews with senior media staffers in the United Kingdom and Europe, this book charts the changing status of the media as a moral voice. The authors argue that television has lost the authority to espouse a single vision of the proper way to live, and instead reflects the norms of a variety of social groups. This groundbreaking volume addresses the lack of moral certainty reflected both in television programs and their audiences. There are great riches here: from the interviews with senior media executives . . . to the discussion of popular television culture's celebration of celebrity. John Lloyd, "Prospect""" This profoundly original and learned book creatively illuminates citizens moral reasoning about the media, culture, and government. A tour de force of nuanced interdisciplinary scholarship, "Media & Values" offers wide-ranging insights into the responsibilities of the communication industry, the justifications and consequences of telecoms regulation and the nature of the good society itself. Robert M. Entman, J. B. and M. C. Shapiro Professor of Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University This is a very important book a must read. The intellectual scope is astonishing: the problem it addresses is quite crucial namely the moral incoherence of the contemporary world and the way that this shows up in empirical research into individual attitudes/opinions/tastes/judgements. It is clearly a cumulative critical reassessment of the implications of research going back to the sixties. It s original, powerful, thoughtful and spot-on as a diagnosis of the times and the very real issues we confront today. A major piece of work. Paddy Scannell, Department of Communication Studies, University of Michigan"

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"This is a very important book-a must read.' The intellectual scope is astonishing: the problem it addresses is quite crucial-namely the moral incoherence of the contemporary world and the way that this shows up in empirical research into individual attitudes/opinions/tastes/judgements. It is clearly a cumulative critical reassessment of the implications of research going back to the sixties. It's original, powerful, thoughtful and spot-on as a diagnosis of the times and the very real issues we confront today. A major piece of work."-Paddy Scannell, Department of Communication Studies, University of Michigan

"There are great riches here: from the interviews with senior media executives . . . to the discussion of popular television culture's celebration of celebrity."
--John Lloyd "Prospect "

"This profoundly original and learned book creatively illuminates citizens' moral reasoning about the media, culture, and government. A tour de force of nuanced interdisciplinary scholarship, "Media & Values" offers wide-ranging insights into the responsibilities of the communication industry, the justifications and consequences of telecoms regulation--and the nature of the good society itself."
--Robert M. Entman, J. B. and M. C. Shapiro Professor of Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University

"This is a very important book--a 'must read.' The intellectual scope is astonishing: the problem it addresses is quite crucial--namely the moral incoherence of the contemporary world and the way that this shows up in empirical research into individual attitudes/opinions/tastes/judgements. It is clearly a cumulative critical reassessment of the implications of research going back to the sixties. It's original, powerful, thoughtful and spot-on as a diagnosis of the times and the very real issues we confront today. A major piece of work."
--Paddy Scannell, Department of Communication Studies, University of Michigan

There are great riches here: from the interviews with senior media executives . . . to the discussion of popular television culture's celebration of celebrity.
--John Lloyd "Prospect ""

This profoundly original and learned book creatively illuminates citizens moral reasoning about the media, culture, and government. A tour de force of nuanced interdisciplinary scholarship, "Media & Values" offers wide-ranging insights into the responsibilities of the communication industry, the justifications and consequences of telecoms regulation and the nature of the good society itself.
--Robert M. Entman, J. B. and M. C. Shapiro Professor of Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University"

This is a very important book a must read. The intellectual scope is astonishing: the problem it addresses is quite crucial namely the moral incoherence of the contemporary world and the way that this shows up in empirical research into individual attitudes/opinions/tastes/judgements. It is clearly a cumulative critical reassessment of the implications of research going back to the sixties. It s original, powerful, thoughtful and spot-on as a diagnosis of the times and the very real issues we confront today. A major piece of work.
--Paddy Scannell, Department of Communication Studies, University of Michigan"

Synopsis:

"Media & Values" provides a major empirical investigation into the moral performance of the media. Based on 22 focus groups, three nationally representative questionnaire surveys and interviews with senior media personnel and regulators, this book charts the changing position of the media as a moral voice representing ways in which we live. A central theme of the study is how television has lost moral authority to pronounce on the way we should live and instead has increasingly reflected, and given visibility to, the values and norms of a variety of social groups. The book examines not just the lack of moral certainty that has overtaken television, but the lack of moral certainty of the audience in discussing social, moral and political issues. Particular attention is also given to the whole question of privacy in modern society and the performance of the media in intruding into private performances.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1841501832
• ISBN 13: 9781841501833
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400