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James Bennett and Niki Strange (eds), Television as Digital Media Duke University Press, 2011 ISBN: 978-0-8223-4910-5 US $26.95 (pb) 400pp (Review copy supplied by Duke University Press) In 2006 Luxembourg became the first country to make the switch from analogue to digital-only television. Since then, more than 30 countries have followed suit. But while some nations like the United States …

Brooke Erin Duffy and Joseph Turow (eds), Key Readings in Media Today: Mass Communication in Contexts. London: Routledge, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-415-99205-3 Au$45.00 (pb) 496pp (Review copy supplied by Palgrave MacMillan http://www.palgravemacmillan.com.au/) For students new to the world of media studies, searching for books that elucidate the many different facets of a rapidly changing media environment can often be an arduous …