Understanding media culture / Jostein Gripsrud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gripsrud, Jostein, 1952- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and culture.

Mass media--Influence.

Mass media.

Mass media--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

London, England : Bloomsbury Academic, [2017]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Originally published as: Mediekultur, mediesamfunn. Oslo : Scandinavian University Press, 1999.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [311]-322) and index.

CC BY-SA

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781849663762

1849663769

9780585497082

0585497087

OCLC:

1000335783