Media Studies: A Reader introduces a full range of theoretical
perspectives through which the media may be explored, analysed,
critiqued, and understood. The Reader reaches back to essential
statements from writers such as Raymond Williams, Stuart Hall,
Marshall McLuhan, Jurgen Habermas, Jean Baudrillard and Michel
Foucault, whose work was central to forming the field. It also
includes wide ranging work on contemporary media formations from a
stellar collection of diverse theorists, including Annabelle
Sreberny, Paul Gilroy, Charlotte Brunsden, Angela McRobbie, Asu
Askoy and Kevin Robins, Micheal Bull, and Nick Couldry, to name
only a very few of those included. Finally, the Reader looks to the
future, exploring new media formations and their significance,
through the work of Mark Andrejevic, Lev Manovich, Jonathan Sterne
and others. The sixty-five readings are divided into two main
parts: 'Studying the Media' begins with a section on key
theoretical perspectives and follows this with five sections
opening up questions around the Public Sphere, Representation,
Feminism and Gender, Audiences, and Everyday Life respectively. The
second part, 'Case Studies', brings together concrete examples of
how theoretical approaches can be realised through a series of case
studies, covering for instance, reality TV, news, advertising, and
new media. With easy-to-follow introductions and guides to further
reading accompanying each section, Media Studies: A Reader equips
the student to engage with key debates in the field. This new
edition updates all sections with a rich selection of contemporary
writing complementing re-chosen media 'classics'. In addition: *
Further Reading lists have been comprehensively updated *
Introductory essays to each section have been expanded and
re-written
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