The Media and Communications in Australia
3rd Edition
Published on 1. November 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-74237-064-4 (ISBN)
Description
A fully revised edition of the leading Australian introductory text on media studies, incorporating extensive analysis of the impact of communications.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Australia
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
810 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74237-064-4 (9781742370644)
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Stuart Cunningham | Sue Turnbull
The Media and Communications in Australia
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01/2014
4th Edition
Allen & Unwin
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Persons
Stuart Cunningham is Distinguished Professor of Media and Communications at Queensland University of Technology and Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation. Graeme Turner is Professor of Cultural Studies and Director of the Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies at the University of Queensland and an ARC Federation Fellow. They are authors of many other works on the media.
Content
Tables and figures
Abbreviations and acronyms
Contributors
Preface
Introduction: The media and communications today
Part I: Approaches
1 The media and communications: Theoretical traditions
2 Policy
3 Representation and textual analysis
4 Imagining the audience
Part II: Industries
5 The press
6 Telecommunications
7 Radio
8 Film, video, DVD and online delivery
9 Television
10 Magazines
11 Advertising
12 Public relations
13 Popular music
14 The internet, online and mobile communications and culture
15 Computer, online and console gaming
Part III: Issues
16 Cultural diversity and the media
17 Sport, sex and politics
18 User-created content and online social networks
19 Celebrity
References
Index