The SAGE Handbook of Media Studies
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The SAGE Handbook of Media Studies

  1. 640 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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The SAGE Handbook of Media Studies

About this book

Media and communication research is a diverse and stimulating field of inquiry, not only in subject matter but also in purposes and methodologies. Over the past twenty years, and in step with the contemporary shift toward trans-disciplinarity, Media Studies has rapidly developed a very significant body of theory and evidence. Media Studies is here to stay and scholars in the discipline have a vital contribution to make. The SAGE Handbook of Media Studies surveys and evaluates the theories, practices, and future of the field.

Editor John Downing and associate editors Denis McQuail, Philip Schlesinger, and Ellen Wartella have brought together a team of international contributors to provide a varied critical analysis of this intensely interesting field of study. The Handbook offers a comprehensive review within five interconnected areas: humanistic and social scientific approaches; global and comparative perspectives; the relation of media to economy and power; media users; and elements in the media mosaic ranging from media ethics to advertising, from popular music to digital technologies, and from Hollywood and Bollywood to alternative media.

The contributors to The Handbook are from Australia, Austria, Britain, Canada, France, Guatemala, India, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, and the United States. Each contributor offers a unique perspective on topics broad in scope.

The Handbook is an ideal resource for university media researchers, for faculty developing new courses and revising curricula, and for graduate courses in media studies. It is also a necessary addition to any academic library.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Overview of the Handbook
  5. Part I - Prolegomena
  6. Chapter 1 - Ethical and Normative Perspectives
  7. Chapter 2 - The Long and Winding Road of Alternative Media
  8. Chapter 3 - Globalization, Supranational Institutions, and Media
  9. Chapter 4 - Society, Culture, and Media: Thinking Comparatively
  10. Chapter 5 - Approaches to Media Texts
  11. Chapter 6 - Technology
  12. Chapter 7 - Digital Media
  13. Part II - Audiences, Users, and Effects
  14. Chapter 8 - Audience and Readership Research
  15. Chapter 9 - Twentieth-Century Media Effects Research
  16. Chapter 10 - Psychology of Media Use
  17. Chapter 11 - Contemporary Television Audiences: Publics, Markets, Communities, and Fans
  18. Chapter 12 - A Concise History of Media and Cultural Studies in Three Scripts: Advocacy, Autobiography, and the Chronicle
  19. Chapter 13 - East Asian Modernities and the Formation of Media and Cultural Studies
  20. Part III - Economy and Power
  21. Chapter 14 - Media Economics
  22. Chapter 15 - The Political Economy of Communications
  23. Chapter 16 - Government, the State, and Media
  24. Chapter 17 - Media, Public Opinion, and Political Action
  25. Chapter 18 - Media and the Reinvention of the Nation
  26. Chapter 19 - News Media Production: Individuals, Organizations, and Institutions
  27. Part IV - Specific Areas of Media Research
  28. Chapter 20 - Narrative and Genre
  29. Chapter 21 - Sound Exchange: Media and Music Cultures
  30. Chapter 22 - Advertising: A Synthetic Approach
  31. Chapter 23 - Broadcasting, Cable, and Satellites
  32. Chapter 24 - Hollywood
  33. Chapter 25 - Bollywood and Indian Cinema: Changing Contexts and Articulations of National Cultural Desire
  34. Chapter 26 - Media Violence and Sex: What are the Concerns, Issues, and Effects?
  35. Author Index
  36. Subject Index
  37. About the Editors
  38. About the Contributors