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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812474403321

Autore

Laughey Dan

Titolo

Key themes in media theory / / Dan Laughey

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Maidenhead, : Open University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-33092-2

0-335-23491-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Mass media

Mass media - Philosophy

Mass media and culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 What is media theory?; Chapter 2 Behaviourism and media effects; Chapter 3 Modernity and medium theory; Chapter 4 Structuralism and semiotics; Chapter 5 Interactionism and structuration; Chapter 6 Feminisms and gender; Chapter 7 Political economy and postcolonial theory; Chapter 8 Postmodernity and the information society; Chapter 9 Consumerism and everyday life; Chapter 10 Debating media theory; Glossary; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Offers a critical introduction to the theories of media studies. This book embraces media in their everyday cultural forms - music, internet, film, television, radio, newspapers and magazines - to enable a view of the 'big picture' of media theory.