Open AccessMedia and Power After Stuart Hall
Author(s) -
Gerard Goggin
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
cultural studies review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1837-8692
pISSN - 1446-8123
DOI - 10.5130/csr.v22i1.4916
Subject(s) - media studies , power (physics) , media theory , politics , sociology , publishing , cultural studies , project commissioning , political science , law , physics , quantum mechanics , anthropology
In commemorating Stuart Hall, I wish to pay particular attention to the importance of his work for understanding one of the great topics of contemporary culture— media.There is a long discussion to be had of Stuart Hall’s making and use of media, in various forms, from his early days of political activism, to television and film productions, videos and interviews. But his contribution to how we think about the media, to media theory and cultural theory of media, remains especially rich. What Hall has to teach us, and provoke us with, concerning media, is centrally about powe