The Place of Media Power: Pilgrims and Witnesses of the Media Age (Comedia)

This study explores what happens when people witness media processes in action, or even become the object of media attention themselves. It examines attitudes towards the media, and the media's impact on contemporary social life.. The Place Of Media Power Focuses On An Area Neglected In Previous Studies Of The Media: The Meetings Between 'ordinary People' And The Media. Nick Couldry's Study Explores What Happens When People Who Normally Consume The Media Witness Media Processes In Action, Or Even Become The Object Of Media Attention Themselves. Such Encounters, Couldry Argues, Tell Us A Great Deal About Our Attitudes Towards The Media World. They Also Offer A New Way Of Thinking About The Media's Impact On Contemporary Social Life, The Basis Of Their Social Authority, And The Possibility Of Challenging It.--jacket. A New Theory Of Media Power -- Locating Media Power -- Charting Media Territory -- Media Power: Some Hidden Dimensions -- Media Pilgrims: On The Set Of Coronation Street -- On The Actual Street -- The Reality Of The Fiction -- Playing With Boundaries -- Media Witnesses: Two Decades Of Protest -- Brightlingsea: The De-naturalisation Of The Media Frame -- Acting Within The Media Frame -- The Future Of The Media Frame? -- Conclusion And Perspectives Beyond -- Methodological Issues. Nick Couldry. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 213-230) And Index. Cultural Studies/Media Studies Preliminaries 1 CONTENTS 10 List of plates 11 Acknowledgements 12 1 Locating media power 16 2 Charting media territory 36 3 Media power: some hidden dimensions 52 4 On the actual Street 82 5 The reality of the fiction 101 6 Playing with boundaries 117 7 Brightlingsea: the de-naturalisation of the media frame 139 8 Acting within the media frame 168 9 Conclusion and perspectives beyond 190 Appendix: methodological issues 209 Notes 218 Bibliography 226 Index 244 ![CDATA[This fascinating study focuses on an area neglected in previous studies of the media: the meetings between ordinary people and the media. Couldry explores what happens when people who normally consume the media witness media processes in action, or even become the object of media attention themselves.]]