{"product_id":"formations-a-21st-century-media-studies-textbook-20th-century-media-studies-9780719058462","title":"Formations A 21st Century Media Studies Textbook","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis textbook for students and teachers of media studies in higher education takes the reader beyond introductory material. This is not a reader of previously published material but a collection with a web-enhanced instructional design built into its format.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart 1 The field: why media studies is worthwhile; a student's guide to surviving communication scholarship; for lack of models - A field in fragments?; citizenship and the media. Part 2 Public knowledge: broadcast journalism and public knowledge; the reassessment of ideology; war reporting at the end of the 20th century; Part 3 Cultural identity: the elastic metaphor - towards a theoretical outline of cultural identity; \"out there\" and \"in here\" - towards resolving the global\/indigenous debate. Part 4 Broadcasting: television and the active audience; who wants to be a millionaire? - contextual analysis and the endgame of public service television. Part 5 Film: film studies; from neo-modern to hypermodern cinema - 1960 to present; woman and the gaze; reading the American popular - suburban resentment and the representation of the inner city in contemporary film and TV. Part 6 Method: your own work - research, interviews, writing in media studies; content analysis; media and social movements - an agenda building case study; interpretation, semiology and \"warriors of democracy\". Part 7 Pop tech: pop tech and pedagogy (or I link, therefore I am); the Internet as public sphere; new media convergences - some research issues; an endnote on popular music's leading light.","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037290725719,"sku":"9780719058462","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780719058462.jpg?v=1750935182","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/formations-a-21st-century-media-studies-textbook-20th-century-media-studies-9780719058462","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}