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

Making Sense of Media: Key Texts in Media and Cultural Studies
ISBN-10
1405120169
ISBN-13
9781405120166
Series
Making Sense of Media
Category
Social Science
Pages
206
Language
English
Published
2004-10-08
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Author
Arthur Asa Berger

Description

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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