Key concepts in media and communications

Author(s)

• Jones, Paul
• Holmes, David

Bibliographic Information

Key concepts in media and communications

Paul Jones and David Holmes

（SAGE key concepts）

Sage, 2011

• : pbk

Note

Bibliography: p. 227-252

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

"A sprightly, critical and intelligent guided tour around the mansion of media and communications/cultural research... enormously useful for students and researchers." - James Curran, Goldsmiths, University of London "A highly comprehensive guide to core concepts in media theory and criticism." - Andrew Goodwin, University of San Francisco "A great resource for new under-grads and something I urge my students to buy and use as a hand first 'port of call' throughout their studies." - Paul Smith, De Montfort University This book covers the key concepts central to understanding recent developments in media and communications studies. Wide-ranging in scope and accessible in style it sets out a useful, clear map of the important theories, methods and debates. The entries critically explore the limits of a key concept as much as the traditions that define it. They include clear definitions, are introduced within the wider context of the field and each one: is fully cross-referenced is appropriately illustrated with examples, tables and diagrams provides a guide to further reading. This book is an essential resource for students of media and communications across sociology, cultural studies, creative industries and of course, media and communications courses.

Table of Contents

Articulation Audience Broadcasting Capitalism Communication(s) Convergence Criticism/Critique Cultural Form Culture Culture Industry Cyberculture Deconstruction Digital Discourse Embodiment Encoding/Decoding Freedom of Communication Genre Globalization Hegemony Ideology Identity Image Influence Information Society Interactivity Mass Media Effects Media/Medium Mobile Privatization Modern Moral Panic Network (Society) News Values Popular/Populist Postmodernism Public Sphere Regulation Ritual Sign Simulacra Tabloidization Technoculture Technological Determinism Time/Space Compression

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB0749980X
• ISBN:
  • 9781412928212
  • 9781412928229
• LCCN: 2011921137
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 256 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • DC22 : 302.2
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Communication
  • LCSH : Mass media
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA66686121