“There are great riches here: from the interviews with senior media executives . . . to the discussion of popular television culture’s celebration of celebrity.”

John Lloyd | Prospect

“This profoundly original and learned book creatively illuminates citizens’ moral reasoning about the media, culture, and government. A tour de force of nuanced interdisciplinary scholarship, Media & Values offers wide-ranging insights into the responsibilities of the communication industry, the justifications and consequences of telecoms regulation—and the nature of the good society itself.”

Robert M. Entman, J. B. and M. C. Shapiro Professor of Media & Public Affairs, George Washington University

“This is a very important book—a ‘must read.’ The intellectual scope is astonishing: the problem it addresses is quite crucial—namely the moral incoherence of the contemporary world and the way that this shows up in empirical research into individual attitudes/opinions/tastes/judgements. It is clearly a cumulative critical reassessment of the implications of research going back to the sixties. It’s original, powerful, thoughtful and spot-on as a diagnosis of the times and the very real issues we confront today. A major piece of work.”

Paddy Scannell, Department of Communication Studies, University of Michigan