This fourth edition of Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts is an indispensible guide to the most important terms in the field. It offers clear explanations of the key concepts, exploring their origins, what they’re used for and why they provoke discussion. The author provides a multi-disciplinary explanation and assessment of the key concepts, from ‘authorship’ to ‘censorship’; ‘creative industries’ to ‘network theory’; ‘complexity’ to ‘visual culture’. The new edition of this classic text includes: Over 200 entries including 50 new entries All entries revised, rewritten and updated Coverage of recent developments in the field Insight into interactive media and the knowledge-based economy A fully updated bibliography with 400 items and suggestions for further reading throughout the text
"This book provides a topical and authoritative guide to Communication, Cultural and Media Studies.
Providing a student guide to the process of research and writing for media and cultural studies, the author covers both quantitative and qualitative methods and includes a list of useful library resources and essential Web sites.
The lively articles show that media/cultural studies is an exciting and relevant arena, and this text should enable students and citizens to become informed readers and critics of their culture and society.
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This volume brings together sixteen essays on key and intersecting topics in critical cultural studies from major scholars in the field.
Alvarado, M. and Buscombe, E. (1978). Hazell: The making of a TV series. London: British Film Institute. ... United Artists, Volume 2, 1951–1978: The company that changed the film industry. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.
Rock 'n' Roll is Here to Pay: The history and politics of the music industry. ... It's Not Only Rock & Roll: Popular music in the lives of adolescents. ... Reading Pop: Approaches to textual analysis in popular music.
Anamik Saha outlines the theories, concepts and research you need to know in order to make sense of race, culture and media today - challenging you to move beyond simplistic notions of ‘diversity’ to really engage with issues of both ...
Spanning a decade of key research, this collection brings together a selection of essays and chapters from leading media scholar Graeme Turner for the first time.
As the first comprehensive attempt to analyze the wave of de-convergence of the global media system in the context of globalization, this book makes sense of those transitions by looking at global trends and how global media firms have ...