Understanding Media Users
From Theory to Practice
1st Edition
Published on 5. September 2008
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-1-4051-5566-3 (ISBN)
Description
Understanding Media Users: From Theory to Practice focuses on the blurred concept of the "active audience" at the core of media studies.
examines the relationship between media and audiences by one of the world's leading media scholars
provides a history of media effects' and an overview of the current analytical approaches that constitute media reception theory
charts some of the most important interfaces of media reception and interaction - TV, film, the Internet, advertising, journalism, and tourism studies
concludes with additional insights into the future of media reception in a global age
examines the relationship between media and audiences by one of the world's leading media scholars
provides a history of media effects' and an overview of the current analytical approaches that constitute media reception theory
charts some of the most important interfaces of media reception and interaction - TV, film, the Internet, advertising, journalism, and tourism studies
concludes with additional insights into the future of media reception in a global age
Reviews / Votes
"I admire Wilson's synthetic approach to audience study and the attention he gives to the burgeoning field of cell phones, computer screens, and video games since in the past most audience study material has been focused on film and television." (PsycCRITIQUES, March 2009) "As a pioneering study of phenomenological media analysis ... Wilson's book serves as a useful introduction to this emerging field of research, as well as offering a brief and scathing overview of the wider context of audience studies in which his work is situated. As such, the book will be of interest to scholars from a wide variety of fields and disciplines." (M/C Reviews, February 2009)More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Hoboken
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
472 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4051-5566-3 (9781405155663)
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Person
Tony Wilson is Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics and Business, at University Malaysia Sarawak, and Associate Research Fellow, Global Cities Institute, at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Content
Acknowledgments vi
Introduction 1
1 A Passive Audience? Structuralist and Effects Studies 7
2 The Active Audience: Speaking Subjects 29
3 Perceiving is Believing: From Phenomenology to Media User Theory 46
4 Meanings Are Ours: Reader Response and Audience Studies 59
5 The Projecting Audience: From Cinema to Cellphone 74
6 A Phenomenology of Phone Use: Pervasive Play and the Ludification of Culture 94
7 Selling on Screen: From Media Hermeneutics to Marketing Communication 112
8 Buying Brandscapes: A Phenomenology of Perception and Purchase 130
9 Consumer-Citizens: Crossing Cultures in Cyberspace 146
Conclusion: Media User Theory: Going Beyond Accumulation of Audiences 173
References 176
Index 204
Introduction 1
1 A Passive Audience? Structuralist and Effects Studies 7
2 The Active Audience: Speaking Subjects 29
3 Perceiving is Believing: From Phenomenology to Media User Theory 46
4 Meanings Are Ours: Reader Response and Audience Studies 59
5 The Projecting Audience: From Cinema to Cellphone 74
6 A Phenomenology of Phone Use: Pervasive Play and the Ludification of Culture 94
7 Selling on Screen: From Media Hermeneutics to Marketing Communication 112
8 Buying Brandscapes: A Phenomenology of Perception and Purchase 130
9 Consumer-Citizens: Crossing Cultures in Cyberspace 146
Conclusion: Media User Theory: Going Beyond Accumulation of Audiences 173
References 176
Index 204