I tend to get a lot of student papers (and a fair amount of class discussion) where students seem to have simply swallowed hegemonic theories of the media uncritically. What widely available texts should I suggest students read that engage critically with the hegemony theorists so at least their papers will contain a balanced perspective taking into account countervailing influences like the journalists’ own reflexivity, the (contested but still marginally existent) power of non-commercial mainstream media outlets like the BBC, the ability of people to produce their own alternative media and the classical liberal argument that the market provides sufficient pluralism through competition?

I found Lichtenberg, J. (2000) “In Defence of Objectivity, Revisited” in Mass Media and Society, (Gurevitch, M. and J. Curran eds) (3rd) Arnold, London, pp. 238-254. to be a good start - anything else?

Update: A colleague suggested

• Klaehn, J. (2002) “A Critical Review and Assessment of Herman and Chomsky’s ‘Propaganda Model’”, European Journal of Communication, 17 (2), pp. 147-182
• Curran and Seaton, Power without Responsibility
• Curran, “Rethinking Media and Democracy” in Mass Media and Society (Gurevitch, M. and J. Curran eds)

All of them good choices. Other ideas would still be welcome though.

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