Questioning the Media: A Critical IntroductionJohn Downing, John D. H. Downing, Ali Mohammadi, Annabelle Sreberny SAGE, 15 במרץ 1995 - 511 עמודים The Second Edition of this successful text has been updated and extensively revised to provide students with an engaging introduction to media studies. Practical and accessible, Questioning the Media invites readers to be active participants in the process of understanding the importance of the media today. New chapters on media and identity, global media influences, computer-mediated communication, feminist media theories, popular music and news coverage of AIDS enhance the previous collection of original works by distinguished contributors. With helpful introductions to each section and chapter, this innovative volume offers diverse critical perspectives on media studies, political economy, cultural studies, the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory, feminism, audience ethnography and cultural dependency. Students can examine thoroughly topics in mass culture, technology, international communication and more. Throughout the book sophisticated terms and concepts are explained, making this the ideal critical introduction to media studies. |
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Forms of Media as Ways of Knowing | 23 |
What Happens? | 39 |
How Are Media Born and Developed? | 54 |
Media Power and Control | 75 |
Mass Media and the U S Presidency | 94 |
The TugofWar Over the First Amendment | 112 |
Control Mechanisms of National News | 128 |
Media Dictatorship and | 184 |
Mass Media and Popular Culture | 309 |
Advertising and Consumer Culture | 329 |
Racism and the American Way of Media | 345 |
Cultural Imperialism and Cultural Identity | 362 |
Between Celebration | 379 |
Cinema and Communication | 394 |
AIDS News and News Cultures | 413 |
Global News Media Cover the World | 428 |
Audiences and Users | 205 |
Personal | 221 |
Alternative Media and the Boston Tea Party | 238 |
Information Technologies | 253 |
New Communication Technologies | 277 |
Information Imbalance Across the Globe | 293 |
Sport and the Spectacle | 460 |
Epilogue | 476 |
References | 494 |
About the Authors | 507 |