Get Set for Media and Cultural Studies / / Tony Purvis.

This book presents a clear, concise and critical introduction to contemporary media and cultural studies. The book will be of interest to all students about to embark on courses in which knowledge of the mass media, cultural identities, popular culture, film, or television, forms a part of their pro...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
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Place / Publishing House:Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]
©2006
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
Series:Get Set for University : GSU
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • PART I Understanding Media and Culture
  • 1 WHAT ARE THE MEDIA? WHAT IS MEDIA STUDIES?
  • 2 WHAT IS CULTURE? WHAT IS CULTURAL STUDIES?
  • PART II Topics, Themes and Debates in Media and Cultural Studies
  • 3 TEXTS AND SIGNS IN MEDIA AND CULTURE
  • 4 CULTURAL IDENTITIES AND MEDIA REPRESENTATIONS
  • 5 GENRES: TELEVISION AND FILM
  • 6 AUDIENCES IN MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES
  • 7 POPULAR CULTURES
  • 8 PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF MEDIA AND CULTURE
  • 9 SUBCULTURES
  • 10 MEDIA: METHODS OF ANALYSIS
  • 11 THEORIES OF CULTURAL ANALYSIS
  • PART III Study Skills
  • 12 WEEK ONE, SEMESTER I, LEVEL I
  • 13 READING, WRITING AND ESSAYS
  • 14 COMMON ERRORS IN WRITING AND PRESENTING
  • 15 EXAMINATIONS
  • 16 SEMINARS AND GROUP WORK
  • 17 DISSERTATIONS, RESEARCH PROJECTS AND PRODUCTIONS
  • 18 MEDIA PRODUCTION COURSES
  • 19 EMPLOYABILITY AND PROGRESS FILES
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RECOMMENDED READING
  • INDEX