| Power Without Responsibility | |
| Author: | James Curran and Jean Seaton |
| Publisher: | Routledge |
| Release Date: | 27 June 2018 (8th edition) |
| Media Type: | Paperback |
| Pages: | 584 |
| Isbn: | 0415710421 |
| Dewey: | 302.2/34/0941 |
| Congress: | PN5114.C84 2018 |
| Oclc: | 1023819061 |
Power Without Responsibility (subtitled: The Press and Broadcasting in Britain or Press, Broadcasting and the Internet in Britain) is a book written by James Curran (Professor of Communications at Goldsmiths College) and Jean Seaton (Professor of Media History at the University of Westminster). Originally published in 1981 by Fontana, it has been translated into several languages and is now in its eighth edition. The title comes from a quotation by the writer Rudyard Kipling; though it is widely attributed to Stanley Baldwin, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, he was quoting Kipling. It details the history of the news media in the UK from the eighteenth century to the present.
In the introduction to Manufacturing Consent, Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky have cited this book; Chomsky has cited it again in a televised BBC interview with Andrew Marr. Nick Cohen rated it "the best guide to the British media" in a review for the New Statesman.
Part I: Press history
Part II: Broadcasting history
Part III: Rise of new media
Part IV: Theories of the media
Part V: Politics of the media