Greg Smith

What Media Classes Really Want to Discuss (eBook, ePUB)

A Student Guide

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

What Media Classes Really Want To Discuss focuses on topics that introductory textbooks generally ignore, although they are prominent in students' minds. Using approachable prose, this book provides students with a solid starting point for discussing their assumptions critically and encourages the reader to argue with the book, furthering the 'discussion' on media in everyday life and in the classroom.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136934186
• Artikelnr.: 42983747

Autorenporträt

Greg M. Smith is Professor of Moving Image Studies in the Department of Communication at Georgia State University. Recent publications include Beautiful TV: The Art and Argument of Ally McBeal (2007) and Film Structure and the Emotion System (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: A Note to the Student About Why This Book Is Different. 1. "It's
Just a Movie:" Why You Should Analyze Film and Television. Part One:
Discussing How Media Work 2. What Is Realism, Really? 3. How Do We Identify
with Characters? 4. Genre Schmenre. Part Two: Discussing Media and
Society. 5. "Studies Show:" How To Understand Media Violence/Effects
Research 6. Role Models and Stereotypes: An Introduction to the "Other".
Part Three: Discussing Media's Future Now. 7. What Difference Does a Medium
Make? 8. What Is Interactivity?