Download or read book Media Studies written by Eoin Devereux and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2007-06-21 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together a range of renowned scholars in the field, 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. Each individual chapter begins with a concise definition of the concept(s) under investigation. This is followed by a 5,000 word discussion on the current state of play within research on the specific area. Chapters contain case-studies and illustrative materials from Europe, North America, Australasia and beyond. Each chapter concludes with annotated notes, which guide the student-reader in terms of future study. With a preface by Denis McQuail, contributors include Janet McCabe, John Corner, David Croteau, William Hoynes, Natalie Fenton, Jenny Kitzinger, Jeroen de Kloet, Liesbet van Zoonen, Sonia Livingstone and Greg Philo.
Download or read book Debates on Media Communication studies written by Emrah Doğan and published by IJOPEC PUBLICATION. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to understand how new technologies change media and communication. The rapid change in technology has affected public space, interpersonal relations, social media, marketing and mar- keting strategies, cinema and gender relations. This change in media and communication has created some challenges, but also created opportu- nities. Today, communication and media studies seek to understand the- se opportunities and challenges. In this context, the first chapter of this book covers topics related to the representation of feminism and death in cinema, electronic culture, the psycho-political economy of new media and news production processes. The second part of the book includes interpersonal relations, the third part is about social and new media, the fourth part is about marketing and advertising and the last part is about gender and communication.
Download or read book Media Debates written by Everette E. Dennis and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1991 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Media Debates written by Everette E. Dennis and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These renowned scholars present 19 issues specific to the interplay of media and society and debate them in this text. After a thoughtful introduction to the issue in that chapter, each author takes a pro or con position to debate the contested topic. Dennis and Merrill provide a context for students to think critically about key media topics and their impact on society by providing a balanced range of timeless and current issues in this unique format.
Download or read book The Problem of the Media written by Robert D. McChesney and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2004-03-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The symptoms of the crisis of the U.S. media are well-known—a decline in hard news, the growth of info-tainment and advertorials, staff cuts and concentration of ownership, increasing conformity of viewpoint and suppression of genuine debate. McChesney's new book, The Problem of the Media, gets to the roots of this crisis, explains it, and points a way forward for the growing media reform movement. Moving consistently from critique to action, the book explores the political economy of the media, illuminating its major flashpoints and controversies by locating them in the political economy of U.S. capitalism. It deals with issues such as the declining quality of journalism, the question of bias, the weakness of the public broadcasting sector, and the limits and possibilities of antitrust legislation in regulating the media. It points out the ways in which the existing media system has become a threat to democracy, and shows how it could be made to serve the interests of the majority. McChesney's Rich Media, Poor Democracy was hailed as a pioneering analysis of the way in which media had come to serve the interests of corporate profit rather than public enlightenment and debate. Bill Moyers commented, "If Thomas Paine were around, he would have written this book." The Problem of the Media is certain to be a landmark in media studies, a vital resource for media activism, and essential reading for concerned scholars and citizens everywhere.
Download or read book Current Debates in Public Relations Communication Studies First Edition April 2018 IJOPEC Publication No 2018 19 ISBN 978 written by Nuran Öze and published by IJOPEC. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work is a combination of public relations and communication studies. Especially new trends in communication studies have drawn the main borders of this book. Different aspects of communication studies have been discussed, evaluated and explained in this study with theories and case studies. Consumption culture, main stream media, life styles, virtual life, branding via new media technologies, cross-cultural subjects, health and communicaTion relations have been analysed both practically and theoretically. The book can be considered as an examplary study to the interdisciplinary approach to communication studies.
Download or read book Basic Issues in Mass Communication written by Everette E. Dennis and published by MacMillan Publishing Company. This book was released on 1984 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Good,No Highlights,No Markup,all pages are intact, Slight Shelfwear,may have the corners slightly dented, may have slight color changes/slightly damaged spine.
Download or read book Mass Media Education in Transition written by Thomas Dickson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media educators have long been debating the nature and purpose of media education. Issues relating to new technologies and the changing state of the media industry are ongoing concerns, but some of the most difficult questions go to the actual structure of media education itself: Is it best represented as an integrated field? Should it merge with other communication subfields, or potentially split into several separate fields? Media practitioners complicate matters further by questioning the necessity for media education at all. The continued consideration of and reaction to these issues will have a significant effect on media-related education and its associated practices. In Mass Media Education in Transition, Thomas Dickson gives careful consideration to the state of media education and its future directions. He provides a history of mass media-related education as well as an overview of the major issues affecting media education at the end of the 20th century. He incorporates the visions of media education leaders as to the possible directions the field may take in the next century and includes in his discussion information that has been previously unknown or not readily available to media educators. This volume provides a broad view of the major issues affecting all aspects of media education: print and broadcast journalism, advertising, public relations, and media studies. It also offers detailed insights as to the possibilities that lie ahead as the field continues to develop--a new professionalism, or a return to a prior vision of media-related education, or possibly something quite different.
Download or read book Media Perspectives for the 21st Century written by Stylianos Papathanassopoulos and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media Perspectives for the 21st Century brings together key international scholars to explore concepts, topics and issues concerning the communication environment in contemporary democratic societies. It combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to provide an interdisciplinary and truly global perspective that reflects the trends, theories and issues in current media and communication research. The collection raises significant questions about the study of the media by challenging approaches to major media and societal issues, and analyses in more depth the range of concerns that shape both the present and the future media landscape and the issues these can create for communication. It also investigates the main effects of technological developments on the domain of the news media and journalism. Divided into two main sections, Part I provides accounts of the role of the media in society, and deals with agendas that affect the field of communications studies. Part II goes on to examine the world of new media and offers analyses on the developments of the 21st century. Chapters deal with various dimensions of media from a number of different perspectives and socio-political contexts, covering a wide range of topics including Social Networking, Political Communication, Public Journalism, Global Infotainment and Consumer Culture. Media Perspectives for the 21st Century will be highly useful to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as researchers and academics, in the fields of media and communication studies, mass communication, journalism and new media.
Download or read book Communications in Transition written by Mary S. Mander and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1983 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Interest Communication written by Jane Johnston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication has become the technology of public interest, demanding a re-examination of the key concept of public in both public relations and communication theory. This book defines a new concept of public interest communication, combining the conflict, negotiation and adaptation inherent in public interest, with a critical approach to communication management and public relations. Combining conceptual discussions about public theories of language with the tension between the public and private interests for public relations professionals, the book uses case studies to explore the negotiation of conflicting interests and the construction of the public interest within systems of governance at local, national and international levels. Public interest communication is identified within social and cultural contexts that resonate globally – health, community, media and the environment - each representing interest conflicts within the changing global environment. Addressing the forces of fragmentation, inequality and individualisation that characterize the modern world, this thought-provoking volume will be of great interest to researchers and advanced students of communication, public relations, environmental communication, public communication, and public policy.
Download or read book Communication in Question written by Joshua Greenberg and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Communication in Question presents accessible, engaging and competing position papers by leading Canadian scholars, activists, journalists and other professional on topics and debates currently confronting the fields of communication and media studies. This ground-up Canadian text is designed foremost as a tool for generating small group discussion and debates on topics confronting communication and media studies. The topics are organized to address a cross-section of five dominant themes, ranging from the general to the particular: Communication & Canadian Society, Media & Social Issues, Technology & Everyday Life, Regulation & the Cultural Industries; and Entertainment & Popular Culture. Issues covered include: Do we need a public broadcaster (the CBC) in Canada? Is American news bad for Canadians? Do violent video games make violent children? Can video surveillance protect us from terror? Should Canada censor shock jocks? Does CanCon promote Canadian music? Has reality TV gone too far? This text will help you generate student-focused, in-class debates about the connection between the key issues in the discipline and your students? everyday lives.
Download or read book Tabloid Tales written by Colin Sparks and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2000-03-22 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coverage of the Clinton-Lewinsky saga followed in a long trail of media exposures of the more personal details of the lives of public figures. Many commentators have seen stories like this, and TV shows like Jerry Springer's, as evidence of a decline in the standards of the mass media. This increasing interest in private lives and the falling off of coverage of serious news is often described as Otabloidization.O The essays in this book are the first serious scholarly studies of what is going on and what its implications are. Reality, it turns out, is much more complex than some of the laments suggest. As the contributors show, this is not just a U.S. problem but is repeated in country after country, and it is not certain that the media anywhere are getting more tabloid. What is more, there is no consensus about whether tabloidization is just Odumbing downO or whether it is a necessary tactic for the mass media to engage with new audiences who do not have the news habit. Tabloid Tales will be of interest to students and scholars in journalism, mass communication, political science, and cultural and media studies.
Download or read book Mass Communications and Media Studies written by Peyton Paxson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mass Communications and Media Studies: An Introduction, 2nd edition is a comprehensive yet concise survey of the history of mass communication media, discussing the current state of each medium, and anticipating the future of mass media. Divided into twelve chapters, it can be used in either 16-week semesters or 12-week terms. Retaining the successful organization of the 1st edition, Peyton Paxson writes in an accessible and well-organized manner, catering to both the needs of students and instructors. He begins each chapter with a list of the current issues and trends concerning the chapter's topic, followed by a brief history of that topic, its current state, predictions for the future, an assessment of career opportunities, and discussion questions for critical thinking. More than just updating statistical data, the 2nd edition weaves in discussions of relevant contemporary issues, including crowdsourcing, going 'viral', interactive advertising, tv industry consolidation, 'the internet of things', conflicting ideas of net neutrality and their continuing implications in a more-connected world.
Download or read book Notions of Community written by Janey Gordon and published by Peter Lang. This book was released on 2009 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume gets beyond simple descriptions of the values and processes involved in community media and is deliberately seeking argument and structured debate around the issues of this vibrant sector of the media. The contributors examine the dilemmas that have emerged within this sector and provide an incisive overview. The chapters use case studies and data research to illustrate the major debates facing community media, along with a sideways look at the dilemmas that community media practitioners and their audiences must engage with. This collection provides an international perspective and covers the traditional formats as well as newer media technologies. It also gives some intriguing examples of community media, which get beyond simple good practices.
Download or read book Advancing Comparative Media and Communication Research written by Joseph M. Chan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comparative approach to media and communication research plays an important, if not indispensable, role in achieving a core mission of researchers: to delimit the generality and specificity of media and communication theories, enabling researchers to more readily identify the influence of social, political and cultural contexts in shaping media and communication phenomena. To de-Westernize and internationalize media and communication studies has thus become the way forward for overcoming the parochialism of mainstream media and communication studies. This volume reflects on what comparative media and communication research has achieved or failed to achieve, the epistemological and theoretical challenges it is facing, and the new directions in which it should be heading.
Download or read book Understanding Media Culture written by Jostein Gripsrud and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mass media open our private lives to the world around us. They are central to economic, cultural and political processes, through words, images and music. They address us in innumerable genres - from advertising to news journalism, from soap operas to sports coverage, from political debates to feature films and novels. This refreshingly different introduction to media studies offers an understanding of the mass media which is critical but which does not deny the pleasures they offer. Reflecting the trends of today's media and cultural studies courses, it introduces students both to social scientific approaches and those of the humanities and aesthetics. The central debates of media and communication studies are presented, starting from the individual's relation to the mass media and exploring questions of identity, influence and social differences. It then introduces the different methods used in analysing media texts, and concludes with a discussion of the public sphere and democracy, media technology, institutions and production. Each topic is presented in such a way as to encourage the reader to take part in discussions and further work. Understanding Media Culture is written in an engaged and engaging way and offers an invitation to a deeper understanding for anyone interested in the field.
