Making Sense of Media: Key Texts in Media and Cultural Studies - Brossura

Berger, Arthur Asa

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ISBN 10: 1405120177 ISBN 13: 9781405120173

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons, 2004

Riassunto

Making Sense of Media is a lively and accessible text that helps readers understand mass media and the texts they carry. Designed expressly for those interested in gaining a solid understanding of the media and how they work, it is an indispensable book.

• Offers a lively, accessible, and concise textbook to help readers understand mass media and their texts
• Covers seminal figures, concepts and scholarship in mass media studies, including Vladimir Propp, Mikhail Bakhtin, Raymond Williams, Fredric Jameson, and Stuart Hall
• Explores the ideas found in nineteen significant books that will provide useful insights and concepts for anyone interested in the study of the media
• Features chapter-by-chapter short articles by the author, that address an idea or theory in the particular book being discussed
• Includes charts, boxes features, exercises, and illustrations to round out analyses and engage the beginning student

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Informazioni sull'autore

Arthur Asa Berger is Professor Emeritus in the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Department at San Francisco State University. His many publications include: Signs in Contemporary Culture (1984; 2nd edn., 1998); Seeing is Believing: An Introduction to Visual Communication (1989; 2nd edn., 1998); Media Analysis Techniques (1992; 3rd edn., 2004); Essentials of Mass Communication Theory (1995); Narratives in Popular Culture, Media and Everyday Life (1997); and Media and Communication Research Methods (2000).

Dalla quarta di copertina

Making Sense of Media is an accessible introduction that helps readers understand the mass media and its texts. Written for the beginning student in media studies who wishes to become acquainted with the ideas of some of the seminal figures in this increasingly important field, this lively volume provides useful insights into nineteen significant books. It covers seminal figures, concepts and scholarship in mass media studies, including Vladimir Propp, Mikhail Bakhtin, Raymond Williams, Fredric Jameson, bell hooks, and Stuart Hall.

Designed expressly for those interested in gaining a solid understanding of the media and how they work, Making Sense of Media is an indispensable book.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: John Wiley & Sons
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1405120177
• ISBN 13: 9781405120173
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 206
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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