Description
Book SynopsisSurveys the past century of scholarship on the ways in which audiences make meaning out of mass media. The book synthesizes social scientific, linguistic, and cultural studies approaches to film and television as communication media.
Trade ReviewMedia Reception Studies could be subtitled, ‘Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Reception Studies, But Were Afraid to Ask.’ Staiger presents a robust, sophisticated, and eminently readable account that will enable specialists and students alike to grasp the depth and breadth of one of the most significant areas of inquiry in the field today. -- Barbara Klinger,Indiana University
I have been waiting for just this book. At last, someone with a deep background in reception research has brought her wisdom to bear on the state of the field. Media Reception Studies has a wonderful range, and is so clearly and incisively written that everyone from undergraduates to senior academics can get great benefit from it. -- Martin Barker, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Staiger writes that her purpose is to provide a map of the field of reception studies, and in this she succeeds. This stuyd reveals how much ahs been done in this area and how the study of the effects of media content has evolved. The "selective" bibliography is in fact extensive,a nd the index is comoprehensive. * CHOICE *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments1 Introduction 2 Social Scienti?c Theories 3 Linguistic and Cultural Studies Theories 4 Fans and Fan Behaviors 5 Viewers of Stars, Cult Media, and Avant-Garde 6 Minorities and Media 7 Violence, Horror, and Sexually Explicit Images 8 Memories Selected Bibliography Index About the Author
