Media, culture and society : an introduction /
Paul Hodkinson.
- Third.
- 376 pages
Chapter 1: Introduction: From Representation to Mediatisation PART ONE: ELEMENTS OF MEDIA Chapter 2: Media Technologies Chapter 3: Media Industries Chapter 4: Media Content Chapter 5: Media Users PART TWO: MEDIA, POWER AND CONTROL Chapter 6: Media as Manipulation? Marxism, Ideology and Exploitation Chapter 7: The Construction of News Chapter 8: Media Purpose and Control Chapter 9: Advertising Chapter 10: Media, Democracy and the Public Sphere PART THREE: MEDIA, IDENTITY AND CULTURE Chapter 11: Media, Community and Individualisation Chapter 12: Media, Race and Ethnicity Chapter 13: Mediated Gender Chapter 14: The Mediation of Everything
"Combining a critical survey of the field of media studies with a finely judged assessment of cutting-edge developments, this book is the 'must have' text for any undergraduate student studying media and communication studies"--