Questioning the Media: A Critical Introduction - Rilegato

Downing, John; Mohammadi, Ali

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ISBN 10: 0803936427 ISBN 13: 9780803936423

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns, 1990

Riassunto

This practical, highly accessible volume is designed to introduce students and general readers to the field of media studies, inviting readers to be active participants in the process of understanding the importance of media today. Questioning the Media is an introductory text with a difference - no previous book has provided so wide a sweep of coverage on critical approaches to communication and the media from top international and interdisciplinary authors. They present diverse critical perspectives on media communication including political economy, cultural studies, Frankfurt School critical theory, feminism, audience ethnography and cultural dependency.

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L'autore:

John Downing is Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Univeristy of Texas, Austin. He is a co-editor of Questioning the Media (1990) and has contributed to the journals Media, Culture & Society and Discourse & Society

Contenuti:

PART ONE: INTRODUCTORY PERSPECTIVES: CULTURE, HISTORY, TECHNOLOGY
Culture and Communication - Alan O'Connor
Forms of Media as Ways of Knowing - Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi
How Are Media Born? - Brian Winston
PART TWO: MEDIA, POWER AND CONTROL
Media in the US Political Economy - Edward Herman
Mass Media and the US Presidency - Cedric J Robinson
The Tug-of-War over the First Amendment - Donna A Demac and John Downing
Control Mechanisms Inside the Media - Mark Schulman
Western Europe - Denis McQuail
"Mixed Model" Under Threat?
Soviet Media Before and After Glasnost - John Downing
PART THREE: AUDIENCES AND USERS
The Nature of the Audience - Ien Ang
Tracking the Audience - Oscar H Gandy Jr
Alternative Media and the Boston Tea Party - John Downing
PART FOUR: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
Computers and Communication - Karen Paulsell
New Communication Technologies - Donna A Demac
A Plug 'n' Play World?
Information Imbalance - Cees Hamelink
Core and Periphery
PART FIVE: MASS CULTURE AND POPULAR CULTURE
Feminist Perspectives on Popular Culture - Lana Rakow
Advertising and Consumer Culture - Douglas Kellner
Racism and the American Way of Media - Ash Corea
Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Identity - Ali Mohammadi
Television News - Richard Gruneau and Robert A Hackett
US Media Coverage of the World - Annabelle Sreberny-Mohammadi
Popular Music and Mass Culture - Iain Chambers
Cinema and Communication - Ron Mottram
Myths In and About Television - Sari Thomas
Sport and the Spectacle - Michael Real

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0803936427
• ISBN 13: 9780803936423
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 386
• Redattore: Sreberny-Mohammadi Annabelle