
Critical Media Studies
An Introduction
Wiley-Blackwell (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 7. August 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
334 pages
978-1-4051-6186-2 (ISBN)
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Description
Critical Media Studies is a state of the art introduction to media studies that demonstrates how to think critically about the power and influence of the media.
* Provides extensive case study material, including exercises and "media labs" in each chapter to encourage student participation
* Draws on examples from print, broadcast, and new media, including advertising, music, film, television, video games, and the internet
* Accompanied by a website with supplementary material, additional case studies, test banks, PowerPoint slides, and a guide for professors
* Provides extensive case study material, including exercises and "media labs" in each chapter to encourage student participation
* Draws on examples from print, broadcast, and new media, including advertising, music, film, television, video games, and the internet
* Accompanied by a website with supplementary material, additional case studies, test banks, PowerPoint slides, and a guide for professors
More details
Edition
1., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Chicester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 24.6 cm
Width: 19.1 cm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
732 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-6186-2 (9781405161862)
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Persons
Brian L. Ott is Professor of Media Studies at Colorado State University. His previous books include The Small Screen: How Television Equips Us to Live in the Information Age (Blackwell, 2007) and a co-edited volume titled, It's Not TV: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era (Routledge, 2008).
Robert L. Mack received his Master of Arts in Communication Studies from Colorado State University in 2009.
Robert L. Mack received his Master of Arts in Communication Studies from Colorado State University in 2009.
Content
A Shout Out!
Part I: Media Industries: Marxist, Organizational, and Pragmatic Perspectives.
Part II: Media Messages: Rhetorical, Cultural, Psychoanalytic, Feminist, and Queer Perspectives.
Part III: Media Audiences: Reception, Erotic, and Ecological Perspectives.
Glossary.
Index.
Part I: Media Industries: Marxist, Organizational, and Pragmatic Perspectives.
Part II: Media Messages: Rhetorical, Cultural, Psychoanalytic, Feminist, and Queer Perspectives.
Part III: Media Audiences: Reception, Erotic, and Ecological Perspectives.
Glossary.
Index.