Dan Laughey

Key Themes in Media Theory

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a thorough and critical introducation to the key theories of media studies. Using up-to-date case studies, it discusses a broad range of themes, issues and perspectives that inform our understanding of media production and consumption in all their cultural forms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Higher Education / Open University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 406g
• ISBN-13: 9780335218134
• ISBN-10: 033521813X
• Artikelnr.: 23033764

Autorenporträt

Dan Laughey is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and illustrations Acknowledgements What is media theory? Behaviourism and media effects Modernity and medium theory Structuralism and semiotics Interactionism and structuration Feminisms and gender Political economy and postcolonial theory Postmodernity and information society Consumerism and everyday life Debating media theory Glossary References