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"Key Themes in Media Theory is wonderfully wide-ranging and deservedly destined to become a key text for students of Media Studies."
Professor John Storey, University of Sunderland, UK

"The very best text books are not just summaries of complex ideas for a student audience or an introduction to a critical canon; the very best add something to the canon they reflect upon, and Dan Laugheyâs Key Themes in Media Theory is one such book. [It] is not a means to an end, as many such books can be. Rather it is a motivational primer, and one that should send both students and teachers heading to the library toread the theorists presented here again, for the first time."
Richard Berger, Art, Design, Media; The Higher Education Academy, UK

  • What is media theory?
  • How do media affect our actions, opinions and beliefs?
  • In what ways do media serve powerful political and economic interests?
  • Is media consumerism unhealthy or is

    Table of Contents
    List of figures and illustrations
    Acknowledgements

    What is media theory?
    Behaviourism and media effects
    Modernity and medium theory
    Structuralism and semiotics
    Interactionism and structuration
    Feminisms and gender
    Political economy and postcolonial theory
    Postmodernity and information society
    Consumerism and everyday life
    Debating media theory

    Glossary
    References

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    Publisher: Open University Press
    Publication Date: 16/10/2007
    ISBN13: 9780335218134, 978-0335218134
    ISBN10: 033521813X
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    Description

    Book Synopsis
    "Key Themes in Media Theory is wonderfully wide-ranging and deservedly destined to become a key text for students of Media Studies."
    Professor John Storey, University of Sunderland, UK

    "The very best text books are not just summaries of complex ideas for a student audience or an introduction to a critical canon; the very best add something to the canon they reflect upon, and Dan Laugheyâs Key Themes in Media Theory is one such book. [It] is not a means to an end, as many such books can be. Rather it is a motivational primer, and one that should send both students and teachers heading to the library toread the theorists presented here again, for the first time."
    Richard Berger, Art, Design, Media; The Higher Education Academy, UK

    • What is media theory?
    • How do media affect our actions, opinions and beliefs?
    • In what ways do media serve powerful political and economic interests?
    • Is media consumerism unhealthy or is

      Table of Contents
      List of figures and illustrations
      Acknowledgements

      What is media theory?
      Behaviourism and media effects
      Modernity and medium theory
      Structuralism and semiotics
      Interactionism and structuration
      Feminisms and gender
      Political economy and postcolonial theory
      Postmodernity and information society
      Consumerism and everyday life
      Debating media theory

      Glossary
      References

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