Denis McQuail Books

The European media landscape is changing profoundly. In this wide-ranging and timely text, members of the Euromedia Research Group examine the ways in which national and supranational policy is reacting to these changes. The contributors the consequences for broadcasting systems of satellite and cable delivery; the fate of public broadcasting under deregulation; the changes currently affecting print media and newspapers; the impact of media changes for political and social cultural life; and the significance of the Internet, the first true fruit of the telematic revolution in communication. The main themes of media policy analysis today are convergence, concentration and commercialization, and abu

A comprehensive textbook on the fundamentals of mass communication with practical implications. Mass media, particularly print, television, and radio, play a crucial and increasingly significant role in modern societies. They serve as instruments of power, essential sources of interpretations of social reality, and keys to fame and status, while also providing considerable entertainment. As a result, mass media are subject to public scrutiny and regulation, and have become the focus of theoretical considerations. This publication is one of the most popular textbooks covering all major areas of mass media theory and functioning.

Denis McQuail provides a coherent and succinct account of the concept of "media audience" in terms of its history and its place in present-day media theory and research. McQuail describes and explains the main types of audience and the main traditions and fields of audience research. Audience Analysis explains the contrast between social scientific and humanistic approaches and gives due weight to the view "from the audience" as well as the view "from the media." McQuail summarizes key research findings and assesses the impact of new media developments, especially transnationalization and new interactive technology. The book concludes with an evaluation of the continued relevance of the audience concept under conditions of rapid m

This major text by the author of Mass Communication Theory offers a comprehensive analysis of the growing field of assessment and evaluation of the performance of mass media. Across different societies, with varying media systems, there is evidence of increasing concern with the nature and quality of media output as well as about the independence and diversity of media systems. In this broad-ranging overview, Denis McQuail outlines the varying means of media performance assessment which have been attempted. He analyzes the central questions of what the `public interest′ means in this context, which criteria are relevant for assessing media performance, how such values are established and how they can be reconciled with the economic,

Žurnalistika dnes čelí jedné z největších výzev ve své historii. Nové komunikační možnosti mění způsob šíření informací, do něhož se stále častěji zapojují lidé mimo redakce velkých mediálních domů. Profesionální novináři ztrácejí své postavení dominantního zprostředkovatele dění kolem nás a zároveň sílí tábor zastánců názoru, že novináři vůbec nejsou potřeba. Denis McQuail se v úvahách o žurnalistice vrací zpět do minulosti a upozorňuje na společenský a politický kontext jejího vývoje a její význam pro fungování demokracie. Proměna žurnalistiky tak podle něj souvisí s hlubší společenskou transformací, jejíž důsledky dnes nejsme schopni spolehlivě odhadnout. Kniha Žurnalistika a společnost představuje přehlednou syntézu základních pohledů na charakter a poslání žurnalistiky a nabízí teoretické základy pro její zkoumání a reflexi. Díky přístupnému stylu zpracování ji ocení nejen odborná veřejnost, akademičtí pracovníci, studenti komunikačních oborů (případně politologie a sociologie), ale také všichni zájemci o problematiku vývoje současných médií.