The media in Britain : current debates and developments
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The media in Britain : current debates and developments
Macmillan Press , St. Martin's Press, 1999
- : uk (hard)
- : uk (pbk.)
- : us (hard)
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: us (hard) ISBN 9780312225285
Description
The Media in Britain brings together a range of distinguished and newer scholars to provide a comprehensive and engaging review of contemporary debates in media studies. The first and second parts discuss the principal media industries in Britain before looking at the impact of media policy on their structure and activities. The final part encompasses a range of analyses of diverse media and cultural texts, selected for their intrinsic interest value and to illustrate the wealth of approaches and methods which can be adopted with a view to interpreting and analyzing the contemporary British media scene.
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: uk (hard) ISBN 9780333730621
Description
The Media in Britain brings together a range of distinguished and newer scholars to provide a comprehensive and engaging review of contemporary debates in media studies. The first and second parts discuss the principal media industries in Britain before looking at the impact of media policy on their structure and activities. The final part encompasses a range of analyses of diverse media and cultural texts, selected for their intrinsic interest value and to illustrate the wealth of approaches and methods which can be adopted with a view to interpreting and analyzing the contemporary British media scene.
Table of Contents
- PART 1: THE STRUCTURE OF CONTEMPORARY BRITISH MEDIA INDUSTRIES.- Introduction
- J.Stokes.- Publishing: Britain's First Mass Medium
- J.Stokes .- Advertising
- P.Meech.- The Press
- C.Sparks.- Broadcasting: Television and Radio
- A.Crisell.- Cinema
- J.Hill.- The Music Industry
- P.McDonald.- New Media
- J.Cornford and K.Robins.- PART 2: CURRENT MEDIA POLICY.- Introduction
- A.Reading.- The Role of the State in Shaping the Media
- P.Goodwin.- The Regulation of Media Content
- J.Petley.- European Union Media and Communication Policies
- R.Collins.- Campaigns to Change the Media
- A.Reading.- PART 3: MEDIA MATERIAL: CONTENT AND REPRESENTATION.- Introduction
- J.Stokes.- Ethnic Minorities and the British News Media: Explaining (Mis)Representation
- S.Cottle.- Documentary and Citizenship: The Case of Stephen Lawrence
- J.Owen.- Use it or Lose it: Sex, Sexuality and Sexual Health in Magazines for Girls
- J.Stokes.- Transnational Trainspotting
- M.Smith.- Offending, Looking, Killing and Film-Making: Decoding Peeping Tom
- B.Slater.- A Postmodernist Calls
- Class, Conscience and the British Theatre
- A.Sierz.- Representing the New Scotland: Drama, Devolution and Dominant Representations
- J.Sillars.- Consuming the Garden: Locating a Feminine Narrative within Popular Cultural Texts and Gendered Genres
- J.Gabb.- Selling Sexuality in the Lesbian and Gay Press
- A.Reading .- Hanif Kureishi and the Politics of Cultural Hybridity
- B.Moore-Gilbert.- Blind Date and the Phenomenology of Fun
- P.Scannell.- Di/'Crash'
- J.Russell.- Ethnic Identity and Cultural Heritage: Belsen in the Museum
- R.Crownshaw.- Spinnin': Dance Culture on the World Wide Web
- H.C.Rietveld.
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: uk (pbk.) ISBN 9780333730638
Description
The Media in Britain brings together a range of distinguished and newer scholars to provide a comprehensive and engaging review of contemporary debates in media studies. The first and second parts discuss the principal media industries in Britain before looking at the impact of media policy on their structure and activities. The final part encompasses a range of analyses of diverse media and cultural texts, selected for their intrinsic interest value and to illustrate the wealth of approaches and methods which can be adopted with a view to interpreting and analyzing the contemporary British media scene.
Table of Contents
- PART 1: THE STRUCTURE OF CONTEMPORARY BRITISH MEDIA INDUSTRIES.- Introduction
- J.Stokes.- Publishing: Britain's First Mass Medium
- J.Stokes .- Advertising
- P.Meech.- The Press
- C.Sparks.- Broadcasting: Television and Radio
- A.Crisell.- Cinema
- J.Hill.- The Music Industry
- P.McDonald.- New Media
- J.Cornford and K.Robins.- PART 2: CURRENT MEDIA POLICY.- Introduction
- A.Reading.- The Role of the State in Shaping the Media
- P.Goodwin.- The Regulation of Media Content
- J.Petley.- European Union Media and Communication Policies
- R.Collins.- Campaigns to Change the Media
- A.Reading.- PART 3: MEDIA MATERIAL: CONTENT AND REPRESENTATION.- Introduction
- J.Stokes.- Ethnic Minorities and the British News Media: Explaining (Mis)Representation
- S.Cottle.- Documentary and Citizenship: The Case of Stephen Lawrence
- J.Owen.- Use it or Lose it: Sex, Sexuality and Sexual Health in Magazines for Girls
- J.Stokes.- Transnational Trainspotting
- M.Smith.- Offending, Looking, Killing and Film-Making: Decoding Peeping Tom
- B.Slater.- A Postmodernist Calls
- Class, Conscience and the British Theatre
- A.Sierz.- Representing the New Scotland: Drama, Devolution and Dominant Representations
- J.Sillars.- Consuming the Garden: Locating a Feminine Narrative within Popular Cultural Texts and Gendered Genres
- J.Gabb.- Selling Sexuality in the Lesbian and Gay Press
- A.Reading .- Hanif Kureishi and the Politics of Cultural Hybridity
- B.Moore-Gilbert.- Blind Date and the Phenomenology of Fun
- P.Scannell.- Di/'Crash'
- J.Russell.- Ethnic Identity and Cultural Heritage: Belsen in the Museum
- R.Crownshaw.- Spinnin': Dance Culture on the World Wide Web
- H.C.Rietveld.
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