Media Matters is an entirely new text in the magazine-style format Citizenship in Focus series. It is designed to help students analyse the media's influence and power in society, and the role it plays in a democracy.

The topics covered in Media Matters include:

* The power of the media

* Broadcast media in the UK

* Print media in the UK

* Who owns the media?

* Who decides the news agenda?

* Politicians, public relations and the media

* What makes a story newsworthy?

* News reports: true, fair and accurate?

* Freedom and censorship

* A responsible press?

* TV, films and videos - a good or bad influence?

* The power of advertising

* The growth of the internet

* Problems with the internet

* The digital revolution

* Informing the world - who sets the global agenda?

* Index and Glossary