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Making Sense of Media: Key Texts in Media and Cultural Studies
Arthur Asa Berger
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Description for Making Sense of Media: Key Texts in Media and Cultural Studies
Paperback. Making Sense of Media is a lively and accessible text that helps readers understand mass media and the texts they carry. Designed expressly for those interested in gaining a solid understanding of the media and how they work, it is an indispensable book. Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
Making Sense of Media is a lively and accessible text that helps readers understand mass media and the texts they carry. Designed expressly for those interested in gaining a solid understanding of the media and how they work, it is an indispensable book.
Making Sense of Media is a lively and accessible text that helps readers understand mass media and the texts they carry. Designed expressly for those interested in gaining a solid understanding of the media and how they work, it is an indispensable book.
- Offers a lively, accessible, and concise textbook to help readers understand mass media and their texts
- Covers seminal figures, concepts and scholarship in mass media studies, including Vladimir Propp, Mikhail Bakhtin, Raymond Williams, Fredric Jameson, and Stuart Hall
- Explores the ideas found in nineteen significant books that will provide useful insights and concepts for anyone interested in ... Read more
- Features chapter-by-chapter short articles by the author, that address an idea or theory in the particular book being discussed
- Includes charts, boxes features, exercises, and illustrations to round out analyses and engage the beginning student
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405120173
SKU
V9781405120173
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Arthur Asa Berger
Arthur Asa Berger is Professor Emeritus in the Broadcast and Electronic Communication Arts Department at San Francisco State University. His many publications include: Signs in Contemporary Culture (1984; 2nd edn., 1998); Seeing is Believing: An Introduction to Visual Communication (1989; 2nd edn., 1998); Media Analysis Techniques (1992; 3rd edn., 2004); Essentials of Mass Communication Theory (1995); Narratives in Popular Culture, ... Read more
Reviews for Making Sense of Media: Key Texts in Media and Cultural Studies
“Arthur Asa Berger has taken a refreshingly creative approach to introducing ideas central to analyses of media and popular culture. This delightful book will not only enliven courses in media studies, but also prime students to read more of the seminal texts defining one of the most vibrant areas of the communication field.” William H. Dutton, University of Oxford ... Read more