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- Bengtsson, Stina, 1971-, et al.
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Introduction
- 2024
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In: Classics in Media Theory. - Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge. - 9781003432272 ; , s. 1-8
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- One of the editors of this book was once a participant in a seminar with a famous French sociologist. The professor gave advice about projects and research ideas to the researchers and doctoral students that were participating. Then, someone asked the question of how best to understand one’s contemporaries and contemporary society. Perhaps the person asking the question had expected an answer about innovative research methods or about which social phenomena could say the most about the times we live in. But the sociologist had other advice. He said: stop following the noise of the news, turn off your feeds, and use the time you earn to re-read sociology’s classic texts. There was silence in the room. Would the way to understand the society of the 21st century go via texts written at the end of the 19th century, by people like Karl Marx, Émile Durkheim, Max Weber, and Georg Simmel?.
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- Bengtsson, Stina, 1971-, et al.
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Introduktion
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In: Medievetenskapens idétraditioner. - Lund : Studentlitteratur AB. - 9789144130712 ; , s. 13-20
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Classics in Media Theory
- 2024
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Editorial collection (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This comprehensive collection introduces and contextualizes media studies’ most influential texts and thinkers, from early 20th century mass communication to the first stages of digital culture in the 21st century. The volume brings together influential theories about media, mediation and communication, as well as the relationships between media, culture and society. Each chapter presents a close reading of a classic text, written by a contemporary media studies scholar. Each contributor presents a summary of this text, relates it to the traditions of ideas in media studies and highlights its contemporary relevance. The text explores the core theoretical traditions of media studies: in particular, cultural studies, mass communication research, medium theory and critical theory, helping students gain a better understanding of how media studies has developed under shifting historical conditions and giving them the tools to analyse their contemporary situation. This is essential reading for students of media and communication and adjacent fields such as journalism studies, sociology and cultural studies.
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- Cronqvist, Marie, et al.
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Elizabeth L. Eisenstein (1979) : The Printing Press as an Agent of Change
- 2024
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In: Classics in Media Theory.
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Book chapter (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The chapter focuses on a foundational text in the fields of media and communication history, book history, and print culture studies: Elizabeth L. Eisenstein’s comprehensive two-volume work, The Printing Press as an Agent of Change, first published in 1979. Apart from outlining Eisenstein’s key perspectives, arguments, and findings, the chapter brings up the historical and scholarly context in which her book was written and the main reasons for its immediate and broad impact on the scholarly community in Europe and North America. The chapter also discusses the reception, the critique and controversies, and the lingering legacy and relevance of Eisenstein’s work along with some of its resonance in the digital age.
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- Jakobsson, Peter, 1977-, et al.
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A Neoliberal Media Welfare State? : The Swedish Media System in Transformation
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In: Javnost - The Public. - : Taylor & Francis. - 1318-3222 .- 1854-8377. ; 28:4, s. 375-390
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The concept of the Media Welfare State describes Nordic specificity in how media are organised and how they serve a lively and inclusive democracy. This article engages in a dialogue in regards to the contention that this media system has persisted in the midst of rapid social change. We synthesise previous research and documented changes in media policy in Sweden, covering the last three decades, to show the ways in which the Swedish media system has undergone significant transformations. Media use is becoming more polarised and connected to social class. The state is retreating from its involvement in media policy; consequently, the press and public service media are facing unprecedented challenges. Finally, the “consensual” relation between media companies and the state, which is said to be typical for the media welfare state, no longer characterises the media market. While some of the features of the media welfare state system remain in Sweden, the current media system is best characterised as a neoliberal media welfare state. The article discusses tensions and conflicts in the existing model and possible future developments.
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- Jakobsson, Peter, 1977-, et al.
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Introduction : Class in/and the media: On the importance of class in media and communication studies
- 2021
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In: Nordicom Review. - : Walter de Gruyter GmbH. - 1403-1108 .- 2001-5119. ; 42:s3, s. 1-19
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Social class is one of the most enduring concepts in the social sciences and is associated with many of the key themes and topics across multiple disciplines. Thus, there are many uses to which the concept of social class in media and communication can be put. The ambition of this special issue is to offer a glimpse into the heterogeneity of its uses in the field. While attuned differently in relation to the various approaches and definitions of class, the eight contributions to this special issue collectively focus on the relationship between media and class. One of the ambitions of this special issue is to report on some of the current Nordic scholarship in this growing field of research and to highlight the particularities of the relationship between class, inequality and media in this region. While the special issue also includes contributions from other regions, the main focus is on social class in the Nordic countries.This introductory article begins with a discussion on the concept of social class and its analytical relevance in the contemporary social landscape. We detail the relationship between media and class as manifested in a growing body of research, followed by a brief presentation of the individual contributions to this special issue. Finally, we identify the road ahead and potential research areas for scholars of media and communication concerned about class and social inequality in the twenty-first century.
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