vii, 168 pages ; 22 cm

This book analyses the relationships between music and contemporary media, both via the mediation of music, and music as mediator. This will involve considering music as a means of understanding events, and also of establishing, confirming or subverting the 'meaning' of events. Examining visual, print, radio and 'new' media, this textbook draws together disparate elements of music and media which formerly have not been considered together, and provides a fresh and innovative contribution to the swiftly growing field of popular music studies. Key topics are presented via chapter-long case studies and more broadly applied theoretical analyses

Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-166), discography (pages 159-160) , and index

Dancing about architecture? : Mediating popular music through the written word -- Everybody’s on Top of the Pops : Popular music on television -- Sold on Song? : The use of music in television and advertising -- Who listens to the radio? : Popular music and public service radio -- State of independence? : The independent record label as mediator of popular music

Dancing about architecture? : Mediating popular music through the written word -- Everybody’s on Top of the Pops : Popular music on television -- Sold on Song? : The use of music in television and advertising -- Who listens to the radio? : Popular music and public service radio -- State of independence? : The independent record label as mediator of popular music