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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457992903321

Autore

Burton Graeme

Titolo

Media and society [[electronic resource] ] : critical perspectives / / Graeme Burton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkshire, : Open University Press, 2010

ISBN

1-283-33820-3

9786613338204

0-335-23925-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Mass media - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published 2005. Reprinted 2007.

Includes glossary.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Figures and illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Media texts:Features and deconstructions; 2 Media institutions: Key areas and their implications for understanding media; 3 Audiences and effects: Defining audiences and exploring their relationships with texts; 4 Media - audience - influence: Questions of effects: politics, children, violence; 5 Popular music: Questioning the popular, questioning control, questioning the global; 6 The media and new technology: Technologies changing the media and changing consumption

7 Advertising: Its relationship with media industries and with audiences8 News: Different kinds of news: constructing the world; 9 Sport and representation: Media defining sport;  sport as business;  sport and meaning; 10 Globalization and the media: Questions of power and of cultural exchange; Glossary; References; Selected websites; Index; Back cover

Sommario/riassunto

This popular introductory book provides a clear introduction to the key ideas within media studies. The friendly writing style and everyday examples, which made the first edition a favourite with students and lecturers alike, has been retained and updated in this new edition.