The Media Reader: Continuity and Transformation`Alertness to the changing terms of debate, familiarity with the latest scholarship and a shrewd, practical sense of what works in teaching make this collection a very worthwhile addition to course reading lists' - John Corner, University of Liverpool The Media Reader is an essential sourcebook of key statements about transformations in media culture. The Reader explores the technological, economic, social and cultural processes implicated in the production, regulation, circulation and consumption of media forms. It applies theoretical approaches, supported by a range of case studies, to past and present media transformations. Divided into four parts: Mass Communications and the Modern World; |
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Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Introduction | 9 |
Raymond Williams | 43 |
Carolyn Marvin | 58 |
Patrice Flichy | 73 |
Introduction | 93 |
Joshua Meyrowitz | 99 |
Anthony Smith | 121 |
Frank Webster | 138 |
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| Title | The Media Reader: Continuity and Transformation Culture, media, and identities Mass Series Media reader Published in association with The Open University The Media Reader: Continuity and Transformation, Tim O'Sullivan |
| Editors | Hugh Mackay, Tim O'Sullivan |
| Contributor | Open University |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | SAGE, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0761962506, 9780761962502 |
| Length | 425 pages |
| Subjects | › Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies Reference / Research Social Science / Media Studies |
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