Media Studies Key Issues and Debates

Name: Media Studies Key Issues and Debates
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ISBN: 9781412929837

ISBN-10: 1412929830

ISBN-13: 9781412929837

Edition: 2007

Authors: Eoin Devereux

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Bringing together a range of renowned and newly emerging scholars in the field, including a Preface by Denis McQuail,this book examines eighteen key issues within contemporary media studies. Written in an accessible student-friendly style, Media Studies: Key Issues and Debates is an authoritative landmark text for undergraduate students and teachers alike. Each chapter begins with a concise definition of the concept(s) under investigation, followed by a discussion of the current state of play within research on the specific area. Chapters contain case-studies and illustrative materials from Europe, North America, Australia, and beyond. Each chapter concludes with annotated notes, which…

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List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: SAGE Publications, Limited
Publication date: 7/21/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 7.38" wide x 9.19" long x 0.94" tall
Weight: 1.628
Language: English

Eoin Devereux is a senior lecturer and head of the Department of Sociology at the University of Limerick.



Introduction


Bridging The Mythical Divide



Political Economy and Cultural Studies Approaches to the Analysis of Media


The Media Industry



Structure, Strategy and Debates


Mass Media & New Media Techologies



Unravelling the Web of Discourse Analysis



News Content Studies, Media Group methods and Discourse Analysis



A Comparison of Approaches


Framing & Frame Analysis



Mass Media Re-Presentations of the Social World



Ethnicity and Race


Media Representations of Social Structure



Gender


Media, Power and Political Culture



Proximity and Scope as News Values



Text and Textual Analysis



Analysing Fictional Television Genres



From Family Television To Bedroom Culture



Young People's Media at Home


Fan Culture



Performing Difference


Community Media & The Public Sphere



Media and Diaspora