Porno? Chic! examines the relationship between the proliferation of pornography and sexualised culture in the West and social and cultural trends which have advanced the rights of women and homosexuals.
News and Journalism in the UK is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the political, economic and regulatory environments of press and broadcast journalism in Britain and Northern Ireland.
From advertising to health education campaigns, sex and sexual imagery now permeate every aspect of culture. Striptease Culture explores the 'sexualization' of contemporary life, relating it to wider changes in post-war society.
Argues that the media are not `dumbing down', but that the quantity of political information in mass circulation has expanded hugely, while different media have adapted to provide accessible and thorough coverage.
Fake News: Falsehood, fabrication and fantasy in journalism presents an accessible exploration of fakery and deception in news and journalism, giving readers valuable historical context in considering the development of falsification in the news
Images of the Enemy (1985) discusses and decodes British television news coverage of the superpower disarmament talks and east–west crises and examines the structures, organisations and political constraints that encouraged negative views of the USSR to flourish.