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This comprehensive collection introduces and contextualizes media studiesâ most influential texts and thinkers, from early 20th century mass communication to the first stages of digital culture in the 21st century.

The volume brings together influential theories about media, mediation and communication, as well as the relationships between media, culture and society. Each chapter presents a close reading of a classic text, written by a contemporary media studies scholar. Each contributor presents a summary of this text, relates it to the traditions of ideas in media studies and highlights its contemporary relevance. The text explores the core theoretical traditions of media studies: in particular, cultural studies, mass communication research, medium theory and critical theory, helping students gain a better understanding of how media studies has developed under shifting historical conditions and giving them the tools to analyse their contemporary situation.

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Classics in Media Theory

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    A Paperback by Stina Bengtsson

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 6/21/2024
      ISBN-13 9781032557953
      978-1032557953
      ISBN-10 1032557958
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      Communication studies

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This comprehensive collection introduces and contextualizes media studiesâ most influential texts and thinkers, from early 20th century mass communication to the first stages of digital culture in the 21st century.

      The volume brings together influential theories about media, mediation and communication, as well as the relationships between media, culture and society. Each chapter presents a close reading of a classic text, written by a contemporary media studies scholar. Each contributor presents a summary of this text, relates it to the traditions of ideas in media studies and highlights its contemporary relevance. The text explores the core theoretical traditions of media studies: in particular, cultural studies, mass communication research, medium theory and critical theory, helping students gain a better understanding of how media studies has developed under shifting historical conditions and giving them the tools to analyse their contemporary situation.

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