The Craft of Criticism: Critical Media Studies in Practice

The Craft of Criticism: Critical Media Studies in Practice
ISBN-10
1134749236
ISBN-13
9781134749232
Category
Social Science
Pages
356
Language
English
Published
2018-06-22
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Mary Celeste Kearney, Michael Kackman

Description

With contributions from 30 leading media scholars, this collection provides a comprehensive overview of the main methodologies of critical media studies. Chapters address various methods of textual analysis, as well as reception studies, policy, production studies, and contextual, multi-method approaches, like intertextuality and cultural geography. Film and television are at the heart of the collection, which also addresses emergent technologies and new research tools in such areas as software studies, gaming, and digital humanities. Each chapter includes an intellectual history of a particular method or approach, a discussion of why and how it was used to study a particular medium or media, relevant examples of influential work in the area, and an in-depth review of a case study drawn from the author's own research. Together, the chapters in this collection give media critics a complete toolbox of essential critical media studies methodologies.

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