Media and Society: Critical Perspectives

by Graeme Burton (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2010

  $3.25

  This popular introductory book provides a clear introduction to the key ideas within media studies. The friendly writing style and everyday examples, which made the first edition a favourite with students and lecturers alike, has been retained and updated in this new edition.

  This comprehensive text provides a wide-ranging perspective on the Media and:

  • Uses examples and case studies from the real world
  • Shows how key concepts can help us understand the relationship between the Media and society
  • Provides a clear explanation of how critical perspectives on the Media construct thinking about media businesses, texts and audiences

  The fully updated new edition features new boxed summaries of critical approaches and key thinkers. Chapters cover the main topics that students are likely to encounter in their studies, including advertising, media and violence, news, politics, young audiences, globalization, sport, popular music and new technology.

  This book is essential reading for students in Media Studies, Cultural Studies and courses with a media interest, such as Sociology and English.

  Please visit our supporting website for two additional chapters on Approaches to Film and Gendered Magazines: www.openup.co.uk/burton

• Used

  Paperback
  2004

  $5.10

  Media and Society provides a lucid and informed overview of the field that not only interrogates traditional ways of thinking about the media but also remains alert to the dynamic qualities of contemporary media culture. - Professor Tim O'Sullivan, Head of School of Media & Cultural Production, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK Burton is an experienced and highly competent writer...In his book, he demonstrates a lucid grasp of key issues that have informed theory and debate in the field of media studies. Questions are used judiciously to provide an excellent guide to the nature of critical pedagogy and its relevance for students...It is an accessible, well laid-out, up-to-date and challenging text that repays serious study. Good for students and good for their teachers. - THES This major introductory text provides a wide-ranging perspective on the media. Written by an experienced author and lecturer, it covers the core theory and discussion points surrounding the media. The book examines a range of critical positions and provides a dynamic view of the relationships between media and society Introduces the key concepts of institution, text and audience, including ideas about media power, how the media influence our world view and how meanings may be produced Reader-friendly style, accessible layout and contemporary case studies help to engage students Key concepts such as ideology, discourse, representation and mythologies are discussed and exemplified, reinforced by many photographs and diagrams Major questions set a framework for each chapter Discussion extracts and assessment questions at the end of each chapter involve and challenge students Chapters cover the main topics that students are likely to encounter in their studies, including: Advertising, approaches to film, soap operas, women's magazines, media and violence, news, globalisation, sport, popular music and new technology. Essential reading for students in media studies, cultural studies, and courses with a media interest, such as sociology and English.

• New

  Paperback
  2010

  $64.57

  This popular introductory book provides a clear introduction to the key ideas within media studies. The friendly writing style and everyday examples, which made the first edition a favourite with students and lecturers alike, has been retained and updated in this new edition.

  This comprehensive text provides a wide-ranging perspective on the Media and:

  • Uses examples and case studies from the real world
  • Shows how key concepts can help us understand the relationship between the Media and society
  • Provides a clear explanation of how critical perspectives on the Media construct thinking about media businesses, texts and audiences

  The fully updated new edition features new boxed summaries of critical approaches and key thinkers. Chapters cover the main topics that students are likely to encounter in their studies, including advertising, media and violence, news, politics, young audiences, globalization, sport, popular music and new technology.

  This book is essential reading for students in Media Studies, Cultural Studies and courses with a media interest, such as Sociology and English.

  Please visit our supporting website for two additional chapters on Approaches to Film and Gendered Magazines: www.openup.co.uk/burton