Key themes in media theory / Dan Laughey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laughey, Dan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media.

Mass media--Philosophy.

Mass media and culture.

Mass media and culture--Case studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2007.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-33092-2

0-335-23491-7

OCLC:

476134083