The Craft of Criticism
Critical Media Studies in Practice
1st Edition
Published on 29. June 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
370 pages
978-0-415-71630-7 (ISBN)
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.
Reviews / Votes
"An instant classic from a stellar group of contributors who lucidly explain the key concepts and methods of critical media studies. Both innovative and practical, The Craft of Criticism promises to become a touchstone for the field and an essential resource for the classroom." -Michael Curtin, University of California, Santa BarbaraMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Postgraduate and Undergraduate
Illustrations
40 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 4 s/w Tabellen
4 Tables, black and white; 40 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Weight
730 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-71630-7 (9780415716307)
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Persons
Michael Kackman is Associate Teaching Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame, where he teaches courses in the history and criticism of U.S. television, Cold War cultural history, nationhood and political culture, and history and memory practices in everyday life. He is the author of Citizen Spy: Television, Espionage, and Cold War Culture (University of Minnesota Press, 2005), and co-editor of Flow TV: Television in the Age of Media Convergence (Routledge, 2010).
Mary Celeste Kearney is Director of Gender Studies and Associate Professor of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. She is author of Girls Make Media (Routledge, 2006) and Gender and Rock (Oxford, 2017). She is editor of The Gender and Media Reader (Routledge, 2011) and Mediated Girlhoods: New Explorations of Girls' Media Culture (Peter Lang, 2011), as well as co-editor (with Morgan Blue) of Mediated Girlhoods' second volume (Peter Lang, 2018). She is academic editor of the book series Routledge Research in Gender, Sexuality, and Media, and serves on the boards of several academic journals.
Mary Celeste Kearney is Director of Gender Studies and Associate Professor of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. She is author of Girls Make Media (Routledge, 2006) and Gender and Rock (Oxford, 2017). She is editor of The Gender and Media Reader (Routledge, 2011) and Mediated Girlhoods: New Explorations of Girls' Media Culture (Peter Lang, 2011), as well as co-editor (with Morgan Blue) of Mediated Girlhoods' second volume (Peter Lang, 2018). She is academic editor of the book series Routledge Research in Gender, Sexuality, and Media, and serves on the boards of several academic journals.
Content
Foreword - Michele Hilmes
Introduction, or How to Cook an Artichoke -Mary Celeste Kearney
PART I PRIMARY METHODS
1 Ideology - Ron Becker
2 Discourse - Rosalind Gill
3 Narrative - Jason Mittell
4 Non-Fiction Media - Daniel Marcus
5 Visual Style - Jeremy Butler
6 Sound - Jacob Smith
7 Acting and Performance - Cynthia Baron
8 Representation - Mary Beltran
9 Authorship and Auteurism - Cynthia Chris
10 Political Economy - Patrick Burkart
11 Media Policy - Bill Kirkpatrick
12 Psychoanalytic Criticism - Todd McGowan
13 Cognitivism - Ted Nannicelli
14 Ethnography - Jessa Lingel & Mary Gray
PART II Synthetic/Multiperspectival Approaches
15 Audiences - Matt Hills
16 Genre - Amanda Ann Klein
17 Intertexts and Paratexts - Jonathan Gray
18 Stardom and Celebrity - Suzanne Leonard & Diane Negra
19 Cultural Geography - Victoria E. Johnson
20 National/Transnational/Global - Shanti Kumar
21 History and Historiography - Michael Kackman
22 Production - Timothy Havens
PART III Emergent and Challenging Objects
23 Popular Music - Norma Coates
24 New Media - Madhavi Mallapragada
25 Games and Gaming - Matthew Thomas Payne & Nina B. Huntemann
26 Software - Eric Freedman
27 Digital Humanities - Miriam Posner
Contributors' Biographies
Introduction, or How to Cook an Artichoke -Mary Celeste Kearney
PART I PRIMARY METHODS
1 Ideology - Ron Becker
2 Discourse - Rosalind Gill
3 Narrative - Jason Mittell
4 Non-Fiction Media - Daniel Marcus
5 Visual Style - Jeremy Butler
6 Sound - Jacob Smith
7 Acting and Performance - Cynthia Baron
8 Representation - Mary Beltran
9 Authorship and Auteurism - Cynthia Chris
10 Political Economy - Patrick Burkart
11 Media Policy - Bill Kirkpatrick
12 Psychoanalytic Criticism - Todd McGowan
13 Cognitivism - Ted Nannicelli
14 Ethnography - Jessa Lingel & Mary Gray
PART II Synthetic/Multiperspectival Approaches
15 Audiences - Matt Hills
16 Genre - Amanda Ann Klein
17 Intertexts and Paratexts - Jonathan Gray
18 Stardom and Celebrity - Suzanne Leonard & Diane Negra
19 Cultural Geography - Victoria E. Johnson
20 National/Transnational/Global - Shanti Kumar
21 History and Historiography - Michael Kackman
22 Production - Timothy Havens
PART III Emergent and Challenging Objects
23 Popular Music - Norma Coates
24 New Media - Madhavi Mallapragada
25 Games and Gaming - Matthew Thomas Payne & Nina B. Huntemann
26 Software - Eric Freedman
27 Digital Humanities - Miriam Posner
Contributors' Biographies