{"product_id":"a-companion-to-media-studies-paperback-softback-9781405141741","title":"A Companion to Media Studies (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405141741","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eA Companion to Media Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAngharad N. Valdivia (Edited by), AN Valdivia (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405141741, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 22 December 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e606 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.2 x 4.5 cm, 1.066 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"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. \u003cb\u003eSumming Up:\u003c\/b\u003e Essential. The best of the best in a crowded field; upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals, including two-year technical students.\" \u003ci\u003eCHOICE (of the hardcover edition)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e“[the essays] are bright and engaging and will no doubt encourage thought, discussion, and debate amongst their readers.” \u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An excellent resource, with many contributions prompting insights and reflections beyond their subject matter.”\u003ci\u003eJournal of Contemporary History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Companion to Media Studies\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eTackles a variety of central concepts and controversies, organized into six areas of study: foundations, production, media content, media audiences, effects, and futures\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides an accessible point of entry into this expansive and interdisciplinary field\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes the writings of renowned media scholars, including McQuail, Schiller, Gallagher, Wartella, and Bryant\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNow available in paperback for the course market.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Contributors viii\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments xiv\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngharad N. Valdivia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Foundations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Feminist Media Perspectives 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMargaret Gallagher\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 New Horizons for Communication Theory in the New Media Age 40\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDenis McQuail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 From Modernization to Participation: The Past and Future of Development Communication in Media Studies 50\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Huesca\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Tensions between Popular and Alternative Music: R.E.M. as an Artist-Intellectual 72\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Sloane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Production\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Approaches to Media History 93\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Nerone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Ethical Issues in Media Production 115\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSharon L. Bracci\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Digital Capitalism: A Status Report on the Corporate Commonwealth of Information 137\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDan Schiller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Media Production: Individuals, Organizations, Institutions 157\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eD. Charles Whitney and James S. Ettema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 From the Playboy to the Hustler: Class, Race, and the Marketing of Masculinity 188\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGail Dines and Elizabeth R. Perea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Media Content\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Selling Survivor: The Use of TV News to Promote Commercial Entertainment 209\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMatthew P. McAllister\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Constructing Youth: Media, Youth, and the Politics of Representation 227\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSharon R. Mazzarella\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Less Space We Take, the More Powerful We’ll Be: How Advertising Uses Gender to Invert Signs of Empowerment and Social Equality 247\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eVickie Rutledge Shields\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Constructing a New Model of Ethnic Media: Image-Saturated Latina Magazines as Touchstones 272\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelissa A. Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Out of India: Fashion Culture and the Marketing of Ethnic Style 293\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSujata Moorti\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Media Audiences\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Resuscitating Feminist Audience Studies: Revisiting the Politics of Representation and Resistance 311\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRadhika E. Parameswaran\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Changing Nature of Audiences: From the Mass Audience to the Interactive Media User 337\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSonia Livingstone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 The Cultural Revolution in Audience Research 360\u003cbr\u003e Virginia Nightingale\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Practicing Embodiment: Reality, Respect, and Issues of Gender in Media Reception 382\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoke Hermes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Salsa as Popular Culture: Ethnic Audiences Constructing an Identity 399\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAngharad N. Valdivia\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Effects\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Race and Crime in the Media: Research from a Media Effects Perspective 421\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Beth Oliver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Appeal and Impact of Media Sex and Violence 437\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJennings Bryant and Dorina Miron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Role of Interactive Media in Children’s Cognitive Development 461\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEllen A. Wartella, Barbara J. O’Keefe, and Ronda M. Scantlin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 The Impact of Stereotypical and Counter-Stereotypical News on Viewer Perceptions of Blacks and Latinos: An Exploratory Study 480\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael C. Casas and Travis L. Dixon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Futures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Where We Should Go Next and Why We Probably Won’t: An Entirely Idiosyncratic, Utopian, and Unashamedly Peppery Map for the Future 495\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn D. H. Downing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 All Consuming Identities: Race, Mass Media, and the Pedagogy of Resentment in the Age of Difference 513\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCameron McCarthy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Expanding the Definition of Media Activism 529\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCarrie A. 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