by Anita Biressi (Author), HeatherNunn (Author)
Arranged thematically, the book addresses definitions and debates, values and ethics, carnival and excess, celebrity, gender and sexuality, production and the audience. With specially written introductions to the volume and to each section, the Reader features key writings from leading scholars in the field. Essays explore the history and origins of tabloid culture and concepts such as the press, magazines, shock-jocks, the public sphere, reality and talk show television, photojournalism and voyeurism, and examples used include:
Contributors: Mark Andrejevic, Feona Attwood, Karin Becker, S. Elizabeth Bird, Anita Biressi, Frances Bonner, Kate Brooks, Martin Conboy, Mark Deuze, John Fiske, Bob Franklin, Des Freedman, Kevin Glynn, Laura Grindstaff, Jostein Gripsrud, Bridget Griffen-Foley, Su Holmes, Patricia Holland, Leon Hunt, A. M. Joensson, Jason Kosovski, P. David Marshall, Victoria Mapplebeck, Heather Nunn, Henrik OErnebring, Mark Pursehouse, Graeme Turner, Pamela Wilson.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Edition: 1
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: 01 Dec 2007
ISBN 10: 0335219314
ISBN 13: 9780335219315
Heather Nunn is Reader in Media and Cultural Studies in the School of Arts, Roehampton University, UK.