Critical Media Studies: An Introduction

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John Wiley & Sons, Aug 24, 2009 - Social Science - 336 pages

Critical Media Studies is a state of the art introduction to media studies that demonstrates how to think critically about the power and influence of the media.

  • Provides extensive case study material, including exercises and “media labs” in each chapter to encourage student participation
  • Draws on examples from print, broadcast, and new media, including advertising, music, film, television, video games, and the internet
  • Accompanied by a website with supplementary material, additional case studies, test banks, PowerPoint slides, and a guide for professors
 

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Contents

Marxist Organizational and Pragmatic
19
Rhetorical Cultural Psychoanalytic
97
Reception Erotic and Ecological
219
Erotic Analysis
240
Ecological Analysis
265
the Partial Pachyderm
287
Glossary
302
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Critical Media Studies: An Introduction
Brian L. Ott,Robert L. Mack
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About the author (2009)

Brian L. Ott is Professor of Media Studies at Colorado State University. His previous books include The Small Screen: How Television Equips Us to Live in the Information Age (Blackwell, 2007) and a co-edited volume titled, It’s Not TV: Watching HBO in the Post-Television Era (Routledge, 2008).

Robert L. Mack received his Master of Arts in Communication Studies from Colorado State University in 2009.

Bibliographic information

TitleCritical Media Studies: An Introduction
AuthorsBrian L. Ott, Robert L. Mack
Editionillustrated
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2009
ISBN140516185X, 9781405161855
Length336 pages
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Social Science / Media Studies
  
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