pt. 1. Introducing media and journalism -- The public sphere -- The first mass medium -- The fourth estate -- The digital and social media environment -- pt. 2. Media institutions -- Radio : the tribal drum -- Film : the seventh art -- Television : the zoo -- Public relations : spin cycle -- pt. 3. Media analysis -- Media texts -- Audiences and representations -- Celebrity -- pt. 4. Making news -- News values and news culture in a changing world -- Broadcast news : keep it simple -- The elements of writing -- Subediting, news language and convention -- Specialist reporting : doing the rounds -- pt. 5. Frameworks and social contexts -- Ethics in communication -- Media practice, industry change and the law -- Convergence -- Postmodernity.