Media and Society is an established textbook, popular worldwide for its insightful and accessible essays from leading international academics on the most pertinent issues in the media field today. With this updated edition, David Hesmondhalgh joins James Curran and a team of leading international scholars to speak to current issues relating to media and gender, media and democracy, sociology of news, the global internet, the political impact of the media, popular culture, the effects of digitisation on media industries, media and emotion, and other vital topics. The media are in a state of ferment, and are undergoing far-reaching change. The sixth edition tries to make sense of the media's transformation, and its wider implications. Purely descriptive accounts date fast, so the emphasis has been on identifying the central issues and problems arising from media change, and on evaluating its wider consequences. What is judged to be the staple elements of the field has evolved over time, as well as becoming more international in orientation. Yet the overriding aim of the book - to be useful to students - has remained constant. This text is an essential resource for all media, communication and film studies students who want to broaden their knowledge and understanding of how the media operates and affects society across the globe.

媒体与社会》是一本成熟的教科书，因其由国际领先的学者就当今媒体领域最相关的问题所撰写的具有洞察力和易懂的文章而风靡全球。在这一更新版中，大卫-赫斯蒙德-哈格与詹姆斯-库兰和一个国际领先的学者团队一起，讲述了与媒体和性别、媒体和民主、新闻社会学、全球互联网、媒体的政治影响、流行文化、数字化对媒体行业的影响、媒体和情感以及其他重要议题有关的当前问题。媒体正处于发酵状态，并正在经历深远的变化。第六版试图对媒体的转型及其更广泛的影响做出解释。纯粹的描述性描述很快就会过时，所以重点在于确定媒体变革所带来的核心问题和难题，以及评估其更广泛的后果。随着时间的推移，被认为是该领域主要内容的东西已经发生了变化，并且在方向上变得更加国际化。然而，该书的首要目标--对学生有用--一直保持不变。本书是所有媒体、传播和电影研究学生的重要资源，他们希望拓宽对媒体如何运作和影响全球社会的知识和理解。