MEDIA IN WALES: VOICES OF A SMALL NATION

"The Media in Wales: Voice of a Small Nation provides, for the first time in a single volume, a unified historical and contemporary overview of the media industries in Wales. This volume is timely because it appears at a time of rapid change in the world of mass communications and in the wake of new digital technologies." "Drawing on a range of theories, The Media in Wales explores the reasons why media, culture and communications are central to everyday life in Wales in the twenty-first century. Detailed consideration is given to the development of cinema, the press, radio, television and the Internet. In each case, a historical background is combined with a contemporary overview which covers factors such as ownership and control. In addition, each section discusses a range of key critical issues, including national identity, language and geography." "The Media in Wales places Wales and its media in a broader national and UK political and industrial context. In Wales the emergence on the National Assembly as a centre for debate about cultural policy has coincided with the major overhaul of media legislation embodied in the Communications Act 2003. This volume sets these changes in