Issues Today: Media

We live in a society which is saturated with media. The average British adult spends almost four hours per day watching television and 35% of all adults claim to use Facebook every week. Meanwhile, the WikiLeaks website, increasing use of social networking sites and the recent phone-hacking scandals have raised debates about freedom of speech, privacy, press regulation and national security. This book looks at media usage trends, the emergence of new technologies and the rise of social media. It also looks at privacy and regulation. The information comes from a wide range of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper articles, features, magazine articles and surveys, literature from lobby groups and charitable organisations.