Full Description
This is a lively text that offers comprehensive coverage of this exciting and popular topic. It examines major theoretical debates concerning the media and recent issues such as globalisation and new technology. It offers activities that enable students to practise their interpretation, application and evaluation skills.
Contents
Introduction.- Media Use.- Histories of the Media.- Marxist and Pluralist Theories of the Media.- Feminism, Postmodernism and the Mass Culture Debate.- Making the News: Selection and Presentation (Is the Truth Out There?).- Representation.- Deviancy Amplification and Moral Panics.- Audiences.- Politics and the Media.- Globalisation, New Technologies, New Futures.