Media And Cultural Studies

Author : Rhonda Hammer,Douglas Kellner
Publisher : Peter Lang
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 0820495263

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Media/cultural Studies by Rhonda Hammer,Douglas Kellner Pdf

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 : Jane C. Stokes
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2003-02-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 076197329X

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How to Do Media and Cultural Studies by Jane C. Stokes Pdf

Providing a student guide to the process of research and writing for media and cultural studies, the author covers both quantitative and qualitative methods and includes a list of useful library resources and essential Web sites.

Author : Maire Messenger Davies
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-07-18
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780748627189

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Practical Research Methods for Media and Cultural Studies by Maire Messenger Davies Pdf

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.

Author : Graeme Turner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000760583

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Essays in Media and Cultural Studies by Graeme Turner Pdf

Spanning a decade of key research, this collection brings together a selection of essays and chapters from leading media scholar Graeme Turner for the first time. The organising theme of transition focuses on both the state of the media as it continues its evolution into the digital era, and the fields of media and cultural studies as they grapple with modifying their approaches and assumptions in response to the changing dynamics of the systems they study. In their own attempts to understand a range of contemporary moments over the decade, these essays also provide a personal history of Graeme Turner’s participation in the key debates within media and cultural studies. The essays deal with the shifting states of television, with the changing relation between the media and the state, the rise of celebrity, and the role of a critical agenda for media and cultural studies in the future. The collection is introduced and concluded by two new essays, respectively assessing the recent past and the necessary futures for these fields of study. Providing key insights into a range of topics, this book is ideal for students and scholars looking to deepen their understanding of the transitionary nature of media and cultural studies.

Author : Toby Miller
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0415255023

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Television by Toby Miller Pdf

This collection draws together some of the most important writings on television in theoretical, historical, empirical and political terms.

Author : Douglas Kellner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134845712

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Media Culture by Douglas Kellner Pdf

First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Douglas Kellner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780429534447

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Media Culture by Douglas Kellner Pdf

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 : Philip Simpson,Andrew Utterson,Karen J. Shepherdson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 041525972X

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Film Theory by Philip Simpson,Andrew Utterson,Karen J. Shepherdson Pdf

Author : James Curran,David Morley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 607 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781134372294

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Media and Cultural Theory by James Curran,David Morley Pdf

Containing new thinking and original surveys, Media & Cultural Theory brings together leading international scholars to address key issues and debates within media and cultural studies. Through the use of contemporary media and film texts such as Bridget Jones’ Diary and The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and using case studies of the USA and the UK after September 11th, James Curran and David Morley examine central topics including: media representations of the new woman in contemporary society the creation of self in lifestyle media the nature of globalization the rise of digital actors and media. Ideal as a course reader, with each essay covering a different major area or advance in original research, Media & Cultural Theory is global in its reach. Through its engagement with broad questions, it is an invaluable book that can be applied to the studies of media and cultural studies students the English-speaking world over.

Author : John Hartley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003-12-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781134492060

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Communication, Cultural and Media Studies: The Key Concepts by John Hartley Pdf

This is the third edition of an up-to-date, multi-disciplinary glossary of the concepts you are most likely to encounter in the study of communication, culture and media, with new entries and coverage of recent developments.

Author : Meenakshi Gigi Durham,Douglas M. Kellner
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470658086

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Media and Cultural Studies by Meenakshi Gigi Durham,Douglas M. Kellner Pdf

Revised and updated with a special emphasis on innovations in social media, the second edition of Media and Cultural Studies: Keyworks stands as the most popular and highly acclaimed anthology in the dynamic and multidisciplinary field of cultural studies. Features several new readings with a special emphasis on topics relating to new media, social networking, feminist media theory, and globalization Includes updated introductory editorials and enhanced treatment of social media such as Twitter and YouTube New contributors include Janice Radway, Patricia Hill-Collins, Leah A. Lievrouw, Danah M. Boyd, Nicole B. Ellison, and Gloria Anzaldúa

Author : John Hartley
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780470671009

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Digital Futures for Cultural and Media Studies by John Hartley Pdf

An ambitious rendering of the digital future from a pioneer of media and cultural studies, a wise and witty take on a changing field, and our orientation to it Investigates the uses of multimedia by creative and productive citizen-consumers to provide new theories of communication that accommodate social media, participatory action, and user-creativity Leads the way for new interdisciplinary engagement with systems thinking, complexity and evolutionary sciences, and the convergence of cultural and economic values Analyzes the historical uses of multimedia from print, through broadcasting to the internet Combines conceptual innovation with historical erudition to present a high-level synthesis of ideas and detailed analysis of emergent forms and practices Features an international focus and global reach to provide a basis for students and researchers seeking broader perspectives

Author : Michael R. Real
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1989-05-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0803933134

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Super Media by Michael R. Real Pdf

Written in a clear and engaging style, Super Media introduces and examines the newly emerging cultural studies approach to understanding media. Michael Real begins by providing a critical review of previous traditions of media research and theory -- illustrated with tables and comparative charts -- and re-integrates media study around cultural studies. He argues that issues of personal identity and consciousness, of conflict and bias, of politics and policy, are more effectively articulated and understood through cultural studies. Drawing from both humanities and the social sciences, he centers his analyses in text, meaning, representation, interpretation, conflict, ideology, hegemony and culture. Extensive case stud

Author : Katrin Voltmer
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780745656540

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The Media in Transitional Democracies by Katrin Voltmer Pdf

The last quarter of a century has seen an unprecedented wave of democratization around the globe. In these transitions from authoritarian rule to a more democratic order, the media have played a key role both by facilitating, but frequently also inhibiting, democratic practices to take root. This book provides an accessible and systematic introduction to the media in transitional democracies. It analyses the problems that occur when transforming the media into independent institutions that are able to inform citizens and hold governments to account. The book covers the following topics: normative conceptions of media and democracy; the role of the past in the transition process; the internet as a new space for democratic change; the persistence of political interference in emerging democracies; the interlocking power of media markets and political ownership; the challenges to journalistic professionalism in post-authoritarian contexts; the role of the media in divided societies; The book takes a global view by exploring the interplay of political and media transitions in different pathways of democratization that have taken place in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Africa and Asia. It will be of interest to advanced students and scholars who want a better understanding of the media outside established Western democracies. The book will also be of great value to policymakers and activists who are involved in strengthening the media in transitional democracies.

Author : Tony Purvis
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-02-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748626472

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Get Set for Media and Cultural Studies by Tony Purvis Pdf

This book presents a clear, concise and critical introduction to contemporary media and cultural studies. The book will be of interest to all students about to embark on courses in which knowledge of the mass media, cultural identities, popular culture, film, or television, forms a part of their programme. But the book is also aimed at those who are interested in how media and cultural identities can be studied in relation to audiences and industries in the context of local and global media. And finally, the book is of interest to all those who are studying aspects of the media, culture, and communications industries and who want to consolidate their knowledge and critical skills in more comprehensive ways. Get Set for Media and Cultural Studies will provide a concise learning aid.