基本説明
The entries critically explore the limits of a key concept as much as the traditions that define it.
Full Description
"A sprightly, critical and intelligent guided tour around the mansion of media and communications/cultural research... enormously useful for students and researchers."
- James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London
"A highly comprehensive guide to core concepts in media theory and criticism."
- Andrew Goodwin, University of San Francisco
"A great resource for new under-grads and something I urge my students to buy and use as a hand first 'port of call' throughout their studies."
- Paul Smith, De Montfort University
This book covers the key concepts central to understanding recent developments in media and communications studies. Wide-ranging in scope and accessible in style it sets out a useful, clear map of the important theories, methods and debates.
The entries critically explore the limits of a key concept as much as the traditions that define it. They include clear definitions, are introduced within the wider context of the field and each one:
is fully cross-referenced
is appropriately illustrated with examples, tables and diagrams
provides a guide to further reading.
This book is an essential resource for students of media and communications across sociology, cultural studies, creative industries and of course, media and communications courses.
Contents
Articulation
Audience
Broadcasting
Capitalism
Communication(s)
Convergence
Criticism/Critique
Cultural Form
Culture
Culture Industry
Cyberculture
Deconstruction
Digital
Discourse
Embodiment
Encoding/Decoding
Freedom of Communication
Genre
Globalization
Hegemony
Ideology
Identity
Image
Influence
Information Society
Interactivity
Mass
Media Effects
Media/Medium
Mobile Privatization
Modern
Moral Panic
Network (Society)
News Values
Popular/Populist
Postmodernism
Public Sphere
Regulation
Ritual
Sign
Simulacra
Tabloidization
Technoculture
Technological Determinism
Time/Space Compression
