Media and Left

The recent economic crisis, and the challenges to democracy in an increasingly globalized world, brings into sharp relief the importance of mass communication. This volume explores a range of issues, from the nature of communication, to the role of the media industry, to the way that mass communication has facilitated social movements in many parts of the world. Revisiting the works of Karl Marx and others, the essays bring a new perspective and a renewed interest in critical analyses of communication practices globally. This collection represents the cutting edge of communication research introducing a new generation of scholars to understanding changes in the way we learn about our society.

Contributors are: Arthur Asa Berger, Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Savaş Çoban, John Bellamy Foster, Christian Fuchs, Douglas Kellner, Robert W. McChesney, David Miller, Marisol Sandoval, Nick Stevenson, Gerald Sussman, Mandy Tröger, and Michael Wayne.

Savaş Çoban is an independent scholar, completing his PhD in the field of Radio-TV Communication. His works include the publications: Azınlıklar ve Dil (Su Yayınları 2005); Hegemonya Aracı ve İdeolojik Aygıt Olarak Medya (Parşömen Yayınları 2013); Media's Role in the Socialist Era (Amani International Publishers 2013); Azınlıklar, Ötekiler ve Medya (co-edited with Yasemin İnceoğlu; Ayrıntı Yayınları 2014), and Medya ve İktidar (co-edited with Esra Arsan; Evrensel Basım Yayın 2014).