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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825436703321

Autore

Ruddock Andy

Titolo

Understanding audiences : theory and method / / Andy Ruddock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Thousand Oaks [Calif.], : SAGE, 2001

ISBN

1-4462-3949-7

0-85702-017-X

1-280-36988-4

9786610369881

1-4129-3334-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (201 p.)

Disciplina

302.23

Soggetti

Mass media - Audiences

Mass media - Influence

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 (p. [182]-197) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction: Science Wars and Cultural Studies; Chapter 1 - Questions of Theory and Method; Chapter 2 - Media Effects; Chapter 3 - Media and Public Opinion; Chapter 4 - Cultivation analysis; Chapter 5 - Cultural Studies and Audience Research; Chapter 6 - Audiences, Media and Consumption; Conclusion: Multiple Realities, Multiple Methods; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Understanding Audiences introduces and critically examines the full range of quantative and qualitative methods which can be practically applied to investigating the influence of the media on audiences.