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Author : Laughey, Dan
Release : 2007-10-01
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 13X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Key Themes In Media Theory by : Laughey, Dan
Download or read book Key Themes In Media Theory written by Laughey, Dan. This book was released on 2007-10-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key Themes is a critical introduction to key theories of media for undergraduate students.
Author : Dan Laughey
Release : 2010-08-01
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 063/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Media Studies by : Dan Laughey
Download or read book Media Studies written by Dan Laughey. This book was released on 2010-08-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With TV, internet, phone, radio, movies, music, magazines, and newspapers—just to name a few—how does one begin to understand today’s all-embracing media culture? In this book, all the key issues and debates in media studies are covered in a lively and accessible style, including the main features of global media corporations and approaches to the study of media effects, consumer power, celebrity, journalism, and new media. From surveillance to simulation, genre to gender, political economy to the postmodern, the reader will be guided through a matrix of intellectual endeavor on all media matters. Whether for a student, researcher, or practitioner, this handy reference guide offers a journey through a complex but fascinating subject.
Author : Shaun Moores
Release : 2007-05-07
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 727/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Media/Theory by : Shaun Moores
Download or read book Media/Theory written by Shaun Moores. This book was released on 2007-05-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From an established author with a growing international profile in media studies, Media/Theory is an accessible yet challenging guide to ways of thinking about media and communications in modern life. Shaun Moores draws on ideas from a range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, and expertly connects the analysis of media and communications with key themes in contemporary social theory. Examining core issues of time and space, Moores also examines matters of interactions, signification and identity, and argues that media studies is bound up in the wider processes of the modern world and not just about studying the media. This book makes a distinctive contribution towards rethinking the shape and direction of media studies today, and for students at advanced undergraduate or postgraduate level.
Author : Jim Macnamara
Release : 2010
Genre : Education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 362/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The 21st Century Media (r)evolution by : Jim Macnamara
Download or read book The 21st Century Media (r)evolution written by Jim Macnamara. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The emergence of 'new media' and social media is widely discussed in contemporary society. However, media and public communication are mostly analyzed within particular theoretical frameworks and within specific disciplinary fields. Such approaches have created polarized views on media and communication, and fail to create an understanding of the interdependencies between these fields. This book expertly synthesizes competing theories and disciplinary viewpoints, integrates scholarly and cutting edge research, and examines international data from fast-growing markets including China, to provide a comprehensive, holistic view of the twenty-first century (r)evolution in media and public communication. The book identifies how the changes are located in practices rather than technologies and that these practices are emergent in highly significant ways. Engaging and accessible, the book is essential reading for media scholars and communication professionals, and a valuable text for courses in media studies, journalism, advertising, public relations, and organisational and political communication.
Author : Stephen W. Littlejohn
Release : 2009-08-18
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 373/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Communication Theory by : Stephen W. Littlejohn
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Communication Theory written by Stephen W. Littlejohn. This book was released on 2009-08-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Communication Theory provides students and researchers with a comprehensive two-volume overview of contemporary communication theory. Reference librarians report that students frequently approach them seeking a source that will provide them with a quick overview of a particular theory or theorist - just enough to help them grasp the general concept or theory and its relation to the discipline as a whole. Communication scholars and teachers also occasionally need a quick reference for theories. Edited by the co-authors of the best-selling textbook on communication theory and drawing on the expertise of an advisory board of 10 international scholars and nearly 200 contributors from 10 countries, this work finally provides such a resource. More than 300 entries address topics related not only to paradigms, traditions, and schools, but also metatheory, methodology, inquiry, and applications and contexts. Entries cover several orientations, including psycho-cognitive; social-interactional; cybernetic and systems; cultural; critical; feminist; philosophical; rhetorical; semiotic, linguistic, and discursive; and non-Western. Concepts relate to interpersonal communication, groups and organizations, and media and mass communication. In sum, this encyclopedia offers the student of communication a sense of the history, development, and current status of the discipline, with an emphasis on the theories that comprise it.
