Abstract
This book aims to feed into the critical debates about media, power and change, by the respectful inclusion of a wide variety of critical approaches and traditions. This diversity is simultaneously structured and balanced by a deeply shared set of concerns, that are mobilised to defend core societal values, including social justice, equality, fairness, care for the other and humanity.
Critical Perspectives on Media, Power and Change raises questions about how the omnipresent media can contribute to the materialisation of these core values, and how they sometimes work against them. Rethinking social change, mediatisation and regulations are thus significant issues, that are explicitly addressed in this book.
But also the role of the critical media and communication scholar merits and requires (self-)reflection, as critical voices matter, but also face structural limitations.