Dan Laughey

Key Themes in Media Theory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a thorough and critical introducation to the key theories of media studies. Using up-to-date case studies, it discusses a broad range of themes, issues and perspectives that inform our understanding of media production and consumption in all their cultural forms.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw-Hill Higher Education / Open University Press
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780335218134
• ISBN-10: 033521813X
• Artikelnr.: 23033764

Autorenporträt

Dan Laughey is Senior Lecturer in Media Studies at Leeds Metropolitan University, UK.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures and illustrations
Acknowledgements
What is media theory?
Behaviourism and media effects
Modernity and medium theory
Structuralism and semiotics
Interactionism and structuration
Feminisms and gender
Political economy and postcolonial theory
Postmodernity and information society
Consumerism and everyday life
Debating media theory
Glossary
References