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Book SynopsisMedia Studies presents the first collection of studies of mass media texts of various genres from an ethnomethodological point of view.
Trade ReviewThe overall quality of these essays is high... This volume, then, offers a useful antidote to the pervasive top-down theorizing current in media studies, as well as "cultural studies" in general. * Language in Society *
. . . it can be read as a demonstration of what ethnomethodology can contribute to this field.
This volume...offers a useful anitdote to the pervasive top-down theorizing current in media studies, as well as 'cultural studies' in general. * Language in Society *
. . . it can be read as a demonstration of what ethnomethodology can contribute to this field.
This volume...offers a useful anitdote to the pervasive top-down theorizing current in media studies, as well as 'cultural studies' in general. * Language in Society *
Table of Contentschapter 1 Acknowledgments chapter 2 Contributors chapter 3 Preface chapter 4 Seeking and Finding Society in the Text chapter 5 Critique and Analysis in Media Studies chapter 6 The Struggle Between Testimony and Evidence at the Iran-Contra Hearings chapter 7 Victim chapter 8 Offender and Witness in the Employment of News Stories chapter 9 "The Soccer Game" as Journalistic Work chapter 10 Glances chapter 11 Trances, and Their Relevance for a Visual Sociology chapter 12 Category, Predicate and Contrast chapter 13 Moral Order and the Montreal Massacre chapter 14 "Frenching" the "Real" and Praxeological Therapy chapter 15 Appendix chapter 16 References chapter 17 Author Index chapter 18 Subject Index
