Capitalism, communication and class relations -- The organization of public opinion -- The influence and effects of mass media -- Power, class and the media -- Media imperialism -- Media organizations and occupations -- Technology and control -- Capitalism and control of the press, 1800-1975 -- Holding the middle ground: the BBC, the public and the professional broadcaster -- Yesterday's men - a case study in political communication -- Linkages between the mass media and politics -- Media professionalism in the third world: the transfer of an ideology -- Culture, the media and the ideological effect -- The culture industry: enlightenment as mass deception -- The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction -- Mass communication research and cultural studies: an American view -- Reggae, rastas and rudies -- Fictions in mass entertainment

1. Mass media -- Social aspects
2. Mass media -- Political aspects
3. Mass media -- Research