This book is one of a series of five Readers which provide a comprehensive series of resources for media studies courses. This volume illustrates and exemplifies the variety of ways in which the mass media have been researched over the past fifty or more years. It provides extracts from seminal works and relates them to developments in the field as a whole and to later works. The volume identifies the major divisions within the field, including mass society theory, the media effects tradition, political economy, the public sphere, media occupations and professionals, cultural hegemony, feminism and 'new' audience research.
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This volume illustrates and exemplifies the variety of ways in which the mass media have been researched over the past fifty or more years. It provides extracts from seminal works and relates them to developments in the field as a whole and to later works.
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Approaching the media; the field; mass society, functionalism, pluralism, media effects; political economy; the public sphere; media occupations and professionals; cultural hegemony; feminism; moving image; new audience research.
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This volume illustrates and exemplifies the variety of ways in which the mass media have been researched over the past fifty or more years. It provides extracts from seminal works and relates them to developments in the field as a whole and to later works.
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780340652299
Publisert
1995-09-17
Utgiver
Vendor
Hodder Arnold
Vekt
870 gr
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Dybde
28 mm
Aldersnivå
UU, UP, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
576

Biographical note

CHRIS NEWBOLD is Lecturer in Mass Communications at the University of Leicester, UK.