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A Companion to Media Studies
Angharad N Valdivia
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Description for A Companion to Media Studies
Paperback. Brings together writings by an international team to provide an overview of the theories and methodologies that have produced this most interdisciplinary of fields. This title tackles a variety of central concepts and controversies, organized into six areas of study: foundations, production, media content, media audiences, effects, and futures. Editor(s): Valdivia, Angharad N. Series: Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1069.
A Companion to Media Studies is a comprehensive collection that brings together new writings by an international team to provide an overview of the theories and methodologies that have produced this most interdisciplinary of fields.
- Tackles a variety of central concepts and controversies, organized into six areas of study: foundations, production, media content, media audiences, effects, and futures
- Provides an accessible point of entry into this expansive and interdisciplinary field
- Includes the writings of renowned media scholars, including McQuail, Schiller, Gallagher, Wartella, and Bryant
- Now available in paperback for the course market.
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Series
Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies
Condition
New
Number of Pages
606
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405141741
SKU
V9781405141741
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99-50
About Angharad N Valdivia
Angharad N. Valdivia is Research Associate Professor of Communications at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She is editor of Feminism, Multiculturalism, and the Media: Global Diversities (1995) and author of A Latina in the Land of Hollywood and Other Essays on Media Culture (2000).
Reviews for A Companion to Media Studies
"The present volume provides an overall perspective on the subject and is thus an extremely valuable resource. ...Contributors are distinguished scholars in their fields, who in addition to providing fresh analyses include extensive notes and bibliographies. Summing Up: Essential. The best of the best in a crowded field; upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals, including two-year technical students." CHOICE (of ... Read more