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Author : Douglas Kellner
Release : 2003-07-13
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 715/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Media Culture by : Douglas Kellner
Download or read book Media Culture written by Douglas Kellner. This book was released on 2003-07-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Douglas Kellner
Release : 2020-05-05
Genre : Antiques & Collectibles
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Book Rating : 442/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Media Culture by : Douglas Kellner
Download or read book Media Culture written by Douglas Kellner. This book was released on 2020-05-05. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thorough update of one of the classic texts of media and cultural studies, Douglas Kellner argues that media culture is now the dominant form of culture that socializes us and provides and plays major roles in the economy, polity, and social and cultural life. The book includes a series of lively studies that both illuminate contemporary culture and society, while providing methods of analysis, interpretation, and critique to engage contemporary U.S. culture. Many people today talk about cultural studies, but Kellner actually does it, carrying through a unique mixture of theoretical analysis and concrete discussions of some of the most popular and influential forms of contemporary media culture. Studies cover a wide range of topics including: Reagan and Rambo; horror and youth films; women’s films, the TV series Orange is the New Black and Hulu’s TV series based on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale; the films of Spike Lee and African American culture; Latino films and cinematic narratives on migration; female pop icons Madonna, Beyoncé, and Lady Gaga; fashion and celebrity; television news, documentary films, and the recent work of Michael Moore; fantasy and science fiction, with focus on the cinematic version of Lord of the Rings, Philip K. Dick and the Blade Runner films, and the work of David Cronenberg. Situating the works of media culture in their social context, within political struggles, and the system of cultural production and reception, Kellner develops a multidimensional approach to cultural studies that broadens the field and opens it to a variety of disciplines. He also provides new approaches to the vexed question of the effects of culture and offers new perspectives for cultural studies. Anyone interested in the nature and effects of contemporary society and culture should read this book.
Author : Rhonda Hammer
Release : 2009
Genre : Education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 262/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Media/cultural Studies by : Rhonda Hammer
Download or read book Media/cultural Studies written by Rhonda Hammer. This book was released on 2009. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology is designed to assist teachers and students in learning how to better understand and interpret our common culture and everyday life. With a focus on contemporary media, consumer, and digital culture, this book combines classic and original writings by both leading and rising scholars in the field. The chapters present key theories, concepts, and methodologies of critical cultural and media studies, as well as cutting-edge research into new media. Sections on teaching media/cultural studies and concrete case studies provide practical examples that illuminate contemporary culture, ranging from new forms of digital media and consumer culture to artifacts from TV and film, including Barbie and Big Macs, soap operas, Talk TV, Facebook, and YouTube. The lively articles show that media/cultural studies is an exciting and relevant arena, and this text should enable students and citizens to become informed readers and critics of their culture and society.
Author : Douglas M. Kellner
Release : 2004
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Book Rating : 705/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Media Culture: Cultural Studies by : Douglas M. Kellner
Download or read book Media Culture: Cultural Studies written by Douglas M. Kellner. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maire Messenger Davies
Release : 2006-07-18
Genre : Reference
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Book Rating : 189/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Practical Research Methods for Media and Cultural Studies by : Maire Messenger Davies
Download or read book Practical Research Methods for Media and Cultural Studies written by Maire Messenger Davies. This book was released on 2006-07-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many very intelligent people don't like dealing with numbers. Similarly, many gifted scientists are not especially interested in studying people and their cultural behaviour. In this book, we argue that being interested in people and their cultures, and helping students and others to use numbers to pursue these interests, are not mutually exclusive. Research methods are becoming an increasingly important requirement for students of all kinds. But many students, particularly those in the humanities, struggle with concepts drawn from the social sciences and find quantitative and statistical information inaccessible and daunting. Nonetheless, such concepts are found in nearly all areas of society, from market research and opinion polls to psychological studies of human behaviour. This book aims to provide a simple guide to the process of conducting research in the humanities, with special reference to media and culture, from the planning stage, through the data gathering, to the analysis and interpretation of results: 'planning it', 'doing it' and 'understanding it'. The book aims to show how students' own choice of research topic can be refined into a manageable research question and how the most appropriate methodologies can be applied. Each section draws on actual examples from research that the authors and their students have conducted. Topics covered include: choosing a research question and method; instrument design and pilot data; practical procedures; research with children; looking at statistics; and interpretation of results.Features:*Based on the authors' practical experience as researchers and teachers and is thus accessible, practical and 'how to'.*Includes students' own work as examples.*Bridges the 'divide' between social science and humanities research methods and will therefore appeal to a broad range of students and teachers.
