The Media Studies Reader (Hardcover)

Designed for the critical media studies curriculum, The Media Studies Reader is an entry point into the major theories and debates that have shaped critical media studies from the 1940s to the present. Combining foundational essays with influential new writings, this collection provides a tool box for understanding old and new media as objects of critical inquiry. It is comprised of over 40 readings that are organized into seven sections representing key concepts and themes covered in an introductory media studies course: culture, technology, representation, industry, identity, audience and citizenship. Critical introductions frame each section to help students place each reading in context and within a broader scholarly dialogue. Rather than relegating the issue of difference to just one section, each section includes scholarship that foregrounds the politics of gender, ethnicity, race, class, sexuality, and geopolitics. Longer readings were selectively edited for conciseness and accessibility, and to maximize breath of coverage. A map of a rapidly growing---and changing---field, The Media Studies Reader is an invaluable resource to students as well as established scholars.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 2012
First published:	2012
Editors:	Laurie Ouellette
Dimensions:	254 x 178mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	616
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-80124-9
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies
LSN:	0-415-80124-9
Barcode:	9780415801249

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