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  • Slavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World

    Reveals that the institution of slavery was anchored in the same exploitative capitalist system which remains in place todaySlavery in the British Empire and its Legacy in the Modern World, by Stephen Cushion, situates the crime of enslavement within the business practices that place profit before people. The institution of slavery entailed a unique combination of exploitation and expropriation ... Read more

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  • A Hidden History of the Cuban Revolution

    How the Working Class Shaped the Guerillas’ Victory

    Millions of words have been written about the Cuban Revolution, which, to both its supporters and detractors, is almost universally understood as being won by a small band of guerillas. In this unique and stimulating book, Stephen Cushion turns the conventional wisdom on its head, and argues that the Cuban working class played a much more decisive role in the Revolution’s outcome than previously ... Read more

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  • Beyond Mainstream Media

    Alternative Media and the Future of Journalism

    Series series Communication and Society
    Offering one of the most comprehensive assessments of alternative media to date, Beyond Mainstream Media examines the rise of alternative media over the last decade, analysing their changing content and editorial strategies, and exploring why many people go beyond the mainstream media for news and information.Considering the differences in agenda between alternative and mainstream media coverage, ... Read more

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  • Television Journalism

    Series series Journalism Studies: Key Texts
    "Amidst the glut of studies on new media and the news, the enduring medium of television finally gets the attention it deserves. Cushion brings television news back into perfect focus in a book that offers historical depth, geographical breadth, empirical analysis and above all, political significance. Through an interrogation of the dynamics of and relations between regulation, ownership, the ... Read more

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  • News and Politics

    The Rise of Live and Interpretive Journalism

    Series series Communication and Society
    News and Politics critically examines television news bulletins – still the primary source of information for most people – and asks whether the wider pace and immediacy of 24-hour news culture has influenced their format and style over time. Drawing on the concepts of mediatization and journalistic interventionism, Stephen Cushion empirically traces the shift from edited to live reporting from a ... Read more

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  • Reporting Elections

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    Series series Contemporary Political Communication
    How elections are reported has important implications for the health of democracy and informed citizenship. But, how informative are the news media during campaigns? What kind of logic do they follow? How well do they serve citizens?eBased on original research as well as the most comprehensive assessment of election studies to date, Cushion and Thomas examine how campaigns are reported in many ... Read more

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Alternative and Participatory Journalism

    Series series Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Handbooks
    In the face of increasingly diverse and de-centred news landscapes, this Routledge Handbook critically examines the editorial judgements and practices involved in alternative and participatory news production, how these forms interact with mainstream journalism, and how audiences respond to and engage with them.Theories and empirical understandings of alternative journalism remain highly contested ... Read more

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  • The Future of 24-Hour News

    New Directions, New Challenges

    Over the last 30 years 24-hour television news channels have reshaped the practice and culture of journalism. But the arrival of new content and social media platforms over recent years has challenged their power and authority, with fast-changing technologies accelerating the speed of news delivery and reshaping audience behaviour. Following on from The Rise of 24-Hour News Television: Global ... Read more

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  • The Future of Journalism: Risks, Threats and Opportunities

    Series series Journalism Studies
    This volume draws together research originally presented at the 2015 Future of Journalism conference at Cardiff University, UK. The conference theme, ‘Risks, Threats and Opportunities,’ highlighted five areas of particular concern for discussion and debate.The first of these areas, ‘Journalism and Social Media’, explores how journalism and the role of the journalist are being redefined in the ... Read more

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    The growth of the internet has been spectacular. There are now more than 3 billion internet users across the globe, some 40 per cent of the world’s population. The internet’s meteoric rise is a phenomenon of enormous significance for the economic, political and social life of contemporary societies.However, much popular and academic writing about the internet continues to take a celebratory view, ... Read more

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  • Media Ownership and Agenda Control

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    Media Ownership and Agenda Control offers a detailed examination of media ownership amidst the complexities of the information age, from the resurgence of press barons to the new influence wielded by internet giants. Much of the discussion pivots around recent revelations and controversies in the media industry, such as the findings published in 2012 from the Leveson Inquiry, the US Federal ... Read more

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