Studying media : problems of theory and method / John Corner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Corner, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (190 pages)

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Media Studies courses are more popular than ever. This collection brings together a selection of John Corner's writings, considering issues such as Media Language, Reception Studies, the Role of Theory, and Cultural Evaluation. This accessibly-written book will be an invaluable resource for advanced students, providing new perspectives on the media.Key FeaturesCovers developments in media studies across 20 yearsAnalyses central problems in theory and method affecting media studyPrestigious author

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

1 Introduction: The Formation of a Field

2 'Mass' in Communication Research

3 Codes and Cultural Analysis

4 Presumption as Theory: 'Realism' in Television Studies

5 Criticism as Sociology: Reading the Media

6 Why Study Media Form?

7 Meaning, Genre and Context: The Problematics of 'Public Knowledge' in the New Audience Studies

8 Debating Culture: Quality and Inequality

9 Television in Theory

10 Media Studies and the 'Knowledge Problem'

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780748674114

074867411X

9780585122786

0585122784

OCLC:

1306541463