Questioning the Media
A Critical Introduction
1st Edition
Published on 3. May 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-8039-7197-4 (ISBN)
Description
A best-seller in its first edition, this text has become the critical introduction to media studies. Now with seven new chapters and extensive revisions throughout, this Second Edition provides an introduction for students and general readers that is even more current and engaging. Practical and highly accessible, Questioning the Media, Second Edition invites readers to become active participants in understanding the importance of the media today. New chapters enhance the previous collection of original works by distinguished contributors:
Media and identity
Global media influences
Computer-mediated communication
Feminist media theories
Popular music
News coverage of AIDS
Designed as a text with introductions to each section and chapter, this groundbreaking volume offers diverse critical perspectives on media studies, including:
Political economy
Cultural studies
Frankfurt School critical theory
Feminism
Audience ethnography
Cultural dependency
Students can thoroughly examine topics in mass culture, technology, international communication, and much more. Throughout the text and glossary, sophisticated terms and concepts are explained, making this the ideal critical introduction to media studies. Questioning the Media is the introductory text for first-, second-, third-, and fourth-year undergraduates, and is also invaluable for graduate students, professionals, and general readers as a critical introduction to media studies.
Media and identity
Global media influences
Computer-mediated communication
Feminist media theories
Popular music
News coverage of AIDS
Designed as a text with introductions to each section and chapter, this groundbreaking volume offers diverse critical perspectives on media studies, including:
Political economy
Cultural studies
Frankfurt School critical theory
Feminism
Audience ethnography
Cultural dependency
Students can thoroughly examine topics in mass culture, technology, international communication, and much more. Throughout the text and glossary, sophisticated terms and concepts are explained, making this the ideal critical introduction to media studies. Questioning the Media is the introductory text for first-, second-, third-, and fourth-year undergraduates, and is also invaluable for graduate students, professionals, and general readers as a critical introduction to media studies.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
737 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8039-7197-4 (9780803971974)
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John D. H. Downing | Ali Mohammadi | Annabelle Sreberny
Questioning the Media
A Critical Introduction
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06/1990
2nd Edition
SAGE Publications Inc
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Persons
John Downing is Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Univeristy of Texas, Austin. He is a co-editor of Questioning the Media (1990) and has contributed to the journals Media, Culture & Society and Discourse & Society Dr Ali Mohammadi is Reader in the Department of English and Media Studies at Nottingham Trent University. He is co-author with Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi, of Small Media, Big Revolution: Communication and Culture and The Iranian Revolution (1994). He is also co-editor of Questioning the Media (1994)
CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Oliver Boyd-Barrett University of Leicester
Cees Hamelink University of Amsterdam
Ralph Negrine University of Leicester
John Tomlinson Nottingham Trent University
CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Oliver Boyd-Barrett University of Leicester
Cees Hamelink University of Amsterdam
Ralph Negrine University of Leicester
John Tomlinson Nottingham Trent University
Content
PART I: INTRODUCTORY PERSPECTIVES: CULTURE, HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY
Culture and Communication - Alan O'Connor and John Downing
Forms of Media as Ways of Knowing - Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi
Mediating Communication - Joshua Meyrowitz
What Happens?
How Are Media Born and Developed? - Brian Winston
PART II: MEDIA, POWER AND CONTROL
Media in the US Political Economy - Edward Herman
Mass Media and the US Presidency - Cedric J Robinson
The Tug-of-War over the First Amendment - Donna A Demac and John Downing
Control Mechanisms of National News Making - America Rodriguez
Britain, Canada, Mexico and the United States
Western European Media - Denis McQuail
The Mixed Model under Threat
Media in Multicultural Nations - Andrew Jakubowicz
Some Comparisons
Media, Dictatorship and the Reemergence of `Civil Society' - John Downing
PART III: AUDIENCES AND USERS
The Nature of the Audience - Ien Ang
Tracking the Audience - Oscar H Gandy Jr
Personal Information and Privacy
Alternative Media and the Boston Tea Party - John Downing
PART IV: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Computers and Communication - Nikhil Sinha and Allucquere Rosanne Stone
New Communication Technologies and Deregulation - Donna A Demac with Liching Sung
Information Imbalance across the Globe - Cees J Hamelink
PART V: MASS MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE
Gender, Representation and the Media - Liesbet van Zoonen
Advertising and Consumer Culture - Douglas Kellner
Racism and the American Way of Media - Ash Corea
Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Identity - Ali Mohammadi
Popular Music - Keith Negus
Between Celebration and Despair
Cinema and Communication - Mary Desjardins
AIDS News and News Cultures - Kevin Williams and David Miller
Global News Media Cover the World - Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi
Myths in and about Television - Sari Thomas
Entertainers and Economics
Sport and the Spectacle - Michael Real
Culture and Communication - Alan O'Connor and John Downing
Forms of Media as Ways of Knowing - Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi
Mediating Communication - Joshua Meyrowitz
What Happens?
How Are Media Born and Developed? - Brian Winston
PART II: MEDIA, POWER AND CONTROL
Media in the US Political Economy - Edward Herman
Mass Media and the US Presidency - Cedric J Robinson
The Tug-of-War over the First Amendment - Donna A Demac and John Downing
Control Mechanisms of National News Making - America Rodriguez
Britain, Canada, Mexico and the United States
Western European Media - Denis McQuail
The Mixed Model under Threat
Media in Multicultural Nations - Andrew Jakubowicz
Some Comparisons
Media, Dictatorship and the Reemergence of `Civil Society' - John Downing
PART III: AUDIENCES AND USERS
The Nature of the Audience - Ien Ang
Tracking the Audience - Oscar H Gandy Jr
Personal Information and Privacy
Alternative Media and the Boston Tea Party - John Downing
PART IV: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Computers and Communication - Nikhil Sinha and Allucquere Rosanne Stone
New Communication Technologies and Deregulation - Donna A Demac with Liching Sung
Information Imbalance across the Globe - Cees J Hamelink
PART V: MASS MEDIA AND POPULAR CULTURE
Gender, Representation and the Media - Liesbet van Zoonen
Advertising and Consumer Culture - Douglas Kellner
Racism and the American Way of Media - Ash Corea
Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Identity - Ali Mohammadi
Popular Music - Keith Negus
Between Celebration and Despair
Cinema and Communication - Mary Desjardins
AIDS News and News Cultures - Kevin Williams and David Miller
Global News Media Cover the World - Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi
Myths in and about Television - Sari Thomas
Entertainers and Economics
Sport and the Spectacle - Michael Real